BronxCare Health System

Dr. Jonathan Bella, Chief, Cardiology (seated, center), and Diana Cruz, Practice Administrator, Cardiology (seated, second from right), with Cardiology team.
Dr. Jonathan Bella, Chief, Cardiology (seated, center), and Diana Cruz, Practice Administrator, Cardiology (seated, second from right), with Cardiology team.

Cardiology

The Division of Cardiology, under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Bella, is at the forefront in the prevention and treatment of heart disease. Its inpatient and outpatient facilities provide high quality, state-of-the-art services to manage coronary heart disease and treat heart attacks, heart failure, and abnormal heart rhythms. BronxCare is also one of a select group of organizations participating in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Million Hearts® Cardiovascular Disease Reduction Model. This initiative is providing an important opportunity to decrease cardiovascular disease risk.

Dr. Marin Nicu, Attending, Cardiology, examining patient.
Dr. Marin Nicu, Attending, Cardiology, examining patient.
Dr. Preeti Jadhav, Attending, Cardiology, with patient.
Dr. Preeti Jadhav, Attending, Cardiology, with patient.

In the outpatient area, BronxCare’s Division of Cardiology is delivering high-level diagnostic and treatment services for the heart in coordination with patients and their primary care providers. “Our cardiologists are responding to the high incidence of coronary disease, utilizing a Cardiac Catheterization Suite and Electrophysiology Lab to diagnose heart problems at an early stage. We are also helping patients understand and reduce their risk factors, such as obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, and cholesterol,” stated Dr. Nassim Krim, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab/Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Nassim Krim, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab/Interventional Cardiology (right), reviewing cardiac image with Windinmi Ouedraogo, Cardiac Catheterization Lab Technician.
Dr. Nassim Krim, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab/Interventional Cardiology (right), reviewing cardiac image with Windinmi Ouedraogo, Cardiac Catheterization Lab Technician.
2023 Platinum Performance Achievement Award, Chest Pain - MI Registry, NCDR - American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association, 2023 Mission: Lifeline, Gold, STEMI Receiving

In 2024, the Cardiology Practice, in response to the high demand for its services, provided 21,813 patient visits, as well as 10,000 echocardiograms (heart ultrasounds), 3,500 stress tests, and 250 angioplasties for acute myocardial infarction. BronxCare’s Mission: Lifeline® STEMI and NSTEMI Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association are confirmations of its success in implementing these quality improvement measures for heart attack patients.

American Heart Association, 2024 Get with the Guidelines, Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll, Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, STROKE

Coronary Intensive Care and Telemetry Units are an integral part of the Division of Cardiology’s daily activities. An Angioplasty/PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) program offers patients emergent and elective non-surgical options in the treatment of coronary heart disease, while a Heart Failure Program is providing services aimed at improving quality of life in heart failure patients. For the past 10 years, this Heart Failure Program received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Honor Roll Quality Achievement Award, an important recognition of the high quality cardiology care it provides. An Arrhythmia Service is also treating patients with atrial fibrillation (irregular heart beat) and other complex heart rhythm problems, including implantation of permanent pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators to prevent sudden cardiac death. The program received the American Heart Association’s Gold Award for Atrial Fibrillation.

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