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The Center for Prevention of Heart and Vascular
Disease is a patient service-driven, medical
cardiology clinic and integrated support program
devoted to the primary and secondary prevention of
cardiovascular diseases.
Led by a team of clinical cardiologists at the UCSF
Medical Center, our physicians see outpatients who
are referred to us by their primary care doctors due
to a documented or assessed risk of heart disease
or, following recovery from a previous heart attack
or stroke. We provide targeted diagnostic testing,
echocardiogram imaging, stress assessment and other
clinical care services to diagnose, monitor and
manage risk factors that can lead to heart disease.
For patients already living with a heart condition
we help them devise optimal strategies to best
manage their existing condition and achieve good
quality of life. To supplement medical care in
clinic, we also offer a suite of prevention services
including customized diet and exercise programs with
licensed professionals who have helped many of our
patients achieve and sustain favorable results.
Founded in 2008, we are a part of the Heart and
Vascular Care Center clinic of the UCSF Medical
Center. In our first two years, working from the
eleventh floor of the main hospital at Parnassus,
our patient population increased approximately 30%
per year to 750. On November 1, 2010, we opened the
doors of our new facility on the ground floor of the
Smith Cardiovascular Research Institute Building (CVRI)
located on the Mission Bay campus of UCSF. Today we
see the majority of our cardiology outpatients at
this location.
Our Center is made possible through the generosity
of a founding gift from the
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, with
additional support from the
Safeway Foundation and through the ongoing,
generous support of our
Cardiology Council members.
For more information, please contact us at
info@healthheart.ucsf.edu.
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