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Center for Preventive Cardiology

Northwestern Medicine Center for Preventive Cardiology offers a variety of programs that focus on managing your heart health.

The Center for Preventive Cardiology is one of six niche centers within Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute – a nationally recognized health care destination for those requiring highly specialized cardiovascular care.

Cardiac health

For many of our patients, managing cardiac health is a lifelong effort. Northwestern Medicine emphasizes the importance of preventive medicine—taking measures to keep disease from occurring—in managing heart health. Northwestern Medicine Center for Preventive Cardiology offers a variety of programs to prevent heart disease and improve your overall heart health.

Meet the Teams

Our goal at the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is to achieve superior results for all of our patients and to help them return to normal activities while improving their overall quality of life.

Downtown (AMC)

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General Cardiology

Northern Suburbs

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General Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology

Western Suburbs

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General Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology

Areas of care

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Northwestern Medicine offers education, care and treatment for adult congenital heart disease.
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Cardiac Behavioral Medicine

Northwestern Medicine Cardiac Behavioral Medicine treats the emotional well-being of patients with heart and vascular disease, including stress, depression and lifestyle behaviors.
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Cardiac Rehab

Cardiac rehabilitation is a supervised program of exercise and education for cardiovascular patients. The goal is to help patients return to the best possible physical condition so you feel stronger, have more energy and decrease your risk for future cardiovascular problems.
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Cardiovascular Bridge Program

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and the Heart Center at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have partnered to establish the innovative Cardiovascular Bridge program.
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Cardiovascular Genetics Program

Northwestern Medicine Cardiovascular Genetics Program provides cardiovascular care encompassing genetic testing and medical management for all forms of inherited cardiovascular diseases.
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Heart Disease and Pregnancy

Northwestern Medicine Heart Disease and Pregnancy Program has specialists to help manage all forms of heart disease during pregnancy.
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Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is the presence of three or more metabolic risk factors that may predict the future development of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
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Risk Reduction

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease include both modifiable and non-modifiable habits, traits and conditions.
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Sports Cardiology Program

Northwestern Medicine Sports Cardiology Program offers skilled clinical care sensitive to athletes' needs for cardiac health and safe athletic participation.
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Program for Women's Cardiovascular Health

Northwestern Medicine Program for Women's Cardiovascular Health is dedicated to identifying cardiovascular disease and providing care designed specifically for women.
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  • Downtown (AMC)
  • Northern Suburbs
  • Western Suburbs
  • Greater DeKalb County

Six niche centers within Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute offer patient focused, specialized care, making Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute a leading destination for both initial diagnoses and second opinions. These niche programs include physicians, nurses and a range of multidisciplinary specialists working with patients to navigate the complex health care system, ensuring continuity of care and a seamless shift from inpatient to outpatient services and ultimately home.

Contact Us
 To schedule an appointment or inquire about services at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, please call 312.NM.HEART (664.3278).

Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
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Referring Physicians
 Open communication and cooperation with referring physicians is a critical component of achieving high-quality care and minimizing the challenges that come with treating cardiovascular conditions. For physician-to-physician consultation regarding the best patient care, please contact Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at 312.NM.HEART (664.3278).


Six niche centers within Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute offer patient focused, specialized care, making Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute a leading destination for both initial diagnoses and second opinions. These niche programs include physicians, nurses and a range of multidisciplinary specialists working with patients to navigate the complex health care system, ensuring continuity of care and a seamless shift from inpatient to outpatient services and ultimately home.

Contact Us
 To schedule an appointment or inquire about services at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, please call 847.53.HEART (534.3278).

Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
 For information regarding cardiovascular clinical trials:


Six niche centers within Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute offer patient focused, specialized care, making Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute a leading destination for both initial diagnoses and second opinions. These niche programs include physicians, nurses and a range of multidisciplinary specialists working with patients to navigate the complex health care system, ensuring continuity of care and a seamless shift from inpatient to outpatient services and ultimately home.

Contact Us
 To schedule an appointment or inquire about services at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital or Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, please call 630.232.0280

Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
 For information regarding cardiovascular clinical trials:


Northwestern Memorial Hospital U.S. News & World Report Best National Hospital, Cardiology & Heart Surgery 2018-2019 graphic.

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Top 10 in the nation in Cardiology & Heart Surgery (7th)
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Looking for a Cardiovascular Second Opinion?

It's vital that you're comfortable with your treatment decision and have confidence in your doctor. For these reasons, a second opinion with another specialist can help you make smart treatment decisions.
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Cardiovascular Clinical Outcomes

Clinical outcomes help to determine if treatment options are beneficial to patients. The evaluation of clinical outcomes should be a major consideration in helping patients and referring physicians decide where to seek and refer care.

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