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YOUR HEART IS
IN GOOD HANDS
THE UM HEART NETWORK PROVIDES
GREATER CARDIAC CARE TO MARYLAND

Y

referred to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC),
where the most advanced minimally invasive and open-heart
surgical treatments are performed, such as transcatheter valve
repair and replacement, ventricular assist device implantation
and heart transplantation. After treatment at UMMC, patients
receive follow-up care, including physician visits and cardiac
rehabilitation, back in their own communities.
All UMMC physicians are also faculty members at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine and are engaged in

ou count on your heart to keep you going, and now

discovering new treatments and cures while teaching the next

your heart can count on the University of Maryland

generation of heart doctors. "This connection to university-

Heart Network. Made up of the region's top heart

based medicine means that UM Heart Network patients can

specialists, the UM Heart Network delivers the highest caliber

enroll in the latest and most promising clinical trials, often

of cardiac screening, prevention and intervention across the

years before these treatments come to market," says David

state. The network upholds the high standards for quality and

Zimrin, MD, system chief of cardiology for UMMS and associate

safety that ensure optimum outcomes for all University of

professor of medicine at the UM School of Medicine.

Maryland Medical System patients.

FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES

When selecting a doctor or hospital to care for your heart,
one factor sets University of Maryland ahead of the other
programs in the state: experience. "As surgeons, we know that

The UM Heart Network offers a breadth of services for every

improved clinical outcomes are linked to centers with high

condition-from screening and prevention to minimally inva-

surgical volumes, and University of Maryland doctors care

sive procedures to the treatment of complex heart conditions.

for more heart surgery patients than any other hospital system

"The University of Maryland Heart Network connects

in Maryland," says James Gammie, MD, chief of the Division

patients throughout our communities with top-notch spe-

of Cardiac Surgery at UMMC and professor of surgery at the

cialists close to home. No matter where a patient enters the

UM School of Medicine. "We're proud that so many entrust

network, they can be assured of receiving the highest quality

their heart care to us, and to extend this top-notch care to

of care at any step along their health care journey," says Jorge

Marylanders through the UM Heart Network."

M. Ramirez, MD, chair of cardiology at UM BWMC and clinical
assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland
School of Medicine.

GREATER ACCESS TO CARE
WHEN SECONDS COUNT
UM Heart Network providers are located throughout the
state to deliver expert care for patients with the most
time-sensitive conditions. Those suffering from chest pain,
heart attack or other cardiac emergencies also have access
to state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization laboratories and
operating rooms across the UM Heart Network for timely
diagnosis and treatment.

EXCELLENCE IN UNIVERSITYBASED MEDICINE
Patients receiving care through the UM Heart Network are
seen by a team of board-certified cardiologists, electrophysiologists and cardiac and vascular surgeons in their communities. If more complex care is needed, patients are seamlessly

FIND A CARDIOLOGIST NEAR YOU
To find an experienced cardiologist in your
community, visit mybwmc.org/healthy.

 To learn more about the UM Heart Network and find a provider near you, visit mybwmc.org/healthy.

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