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Center for Prevention of Heart and Vascular Disease

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The UCSF Center for Prevention of Heart and Vascular Disease offers a comprehensive approach to both anticipating and managing cardiovascular disease. The center focuses on screening healthy individuals who may be at risk as well as on monitoring patients with existing conditions, with the goal of slowing the progression of disease.

Attentive, personalized patient care is a hallmark of our center. Your evaluation will identify risk factors that may raise your chances of developing cardiovascular disease or contribute to its progression. You also have options to include a nutritional consultation, stress testing – which evaluates your heart function during exertion – and a referral to an exercise physiologist.

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    Awards & recognition

    • U S  News and World Report badge recognizing UCSF as part of its 2024-2025 Honor Roll

      Among the top hospitals in the nation

    • U S News and World Report badge recognizing UCSF among the Best Hospitals for Heart and Vascular, 2024-2025

      One of the nation's best for heart & vascular surgery

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    MCNAIR Study: coMparative effeCtiveness of iN-person and teleheAlth cardIac Rehabilitation

    The distance walked in six minute on a standard course will be measured in meters at baseline and 12 months.

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    Enhanced SUPport for Initiation and paRticipation in a FOOD is Medicine Program

    Scale of 1 [Quite dissatisfied] to 5 [Very satisfied]

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    Heart Health After Cancer Treatment (HEART-ACT)

    6MWD measures the distance walked over 6 minutes. The farther a person can walk indicates better exercise tolerance and mobility. The changes in distance will be compared at baseline and 12 months. We will measure the proportion o...

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    What to Bring

    • Photo I.D.
    • Health insurance card
    • Insurance authorization, if required
    • Doctor's referral, if required
    • Recent test results related to your condition
    • List of your medications, including dosages, plus any you're allergic to
    • List of questions you may have
    • Device or paper for taking notes

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