Why choose us
Why choose usPulmonary hypertension is a rare and serious disease in which blood pressure in the pulmonary (lung) circulation is higher than usual. This can cause permanent lung damage and life-threatening heart failure. Patients with pulmonary hypertension require specialized care, like that found at NewYork-Presbyterian.
Joining the expertise of pulmonary hypertension specialists with the latest technologies and vast resources available at our two renowned medical centers — NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center — you can trust that you'll receive sophisticated, personalized care that's designed to meet your needs.
A team approach to care
Our teamPatients with pulmonary hypertension have complex needs that result from this rare, progressive disease. At NewYork-Presbyterian, our specialists combine their long-term experience in pulmonary hypertension management and heart failure with the latest treatments. We take an advanced approach to each patient's diagnosis and treatment, creating a personalized plan to enhance their outcomes and quality of life.
Our team includes cardiologists, pulmonologists, surgeons, interventional cardiologists, rheumatologists, and other providers with expertise in pulmonary hypertension-related diseases and complications, and critical care anesthesiologists to assist with non-cardiac surgery. You can receive coordinated healthcare for this complex condition all within one medical center.
National recognition
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association has accredited the Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Services in the Perkin Center for Heart Failure of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Pulmonary Hypertension Comprehensive Care Center of NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center as Tier 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Comprehensive Care Centers. We were amongst the first pulmonary hypertension programs in the nation to become accredited.
Expertise in managing pulmonary hypertension and congestive heart failure
Pulmonary hypertension and right congestive heart failure complicate the management of about one-third of the patients with heart failure. At NewYork-Presbyterian, our experienced physicians are trained to treat pulmonary hypertension and congestive heart failure, as well as to provide mechanical circulatory support for these conditions. In many cases, right congestive heart failure follows left heart failure, and the management of these difficult cases requires special expertise and understanding of the interdependence of the right and the left heart.
Long term management
Long term managementOur team is committed to giving patients with pulmonary hypertension the tools and resources to enable them to live the best quality of life. Depending on your individual needs, your long-term care may include the following:
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing to identify and follow patients with pulmonary hypertension and heart failure
- Nutritional counseling, as well as telephone follow-up by a nurse practitioner who specializes in pulmonary hypertension
- Specialty cardiac catheterization to diagnose and gauge response to treatment (done by our catheterization colleagues)
- Opportunities for participation in multicenter clinical trials as well as ongoing original research