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Cardio-Oncology Program Receives Gold Standard Certification
The program provides comprehensive cardiovascular care to cancer patients throughout their treatment phases
A mere five years after its launch, Hartford HealthCare’s Heart & Vascular Institute Cardio-Oncology Program has received a center of excellence certification from the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS) at the gold level, the highest award the organization can give.
The Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute‘s Cardio-Oncology Program is a team of expert cardiologists working in partnership with oncologists to provide comprehensive cardiovascular care to cancer patients throughout their treatment phases. It officially launched in 2017.
The IC-OS Centers of Excellence Certification Gold Award is given to “a program within a healthcare institution which is assembled to supply an exceptionally high concentration of expertise and related resources centered on a particular area of medicine, delivering associated care in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary fashion to afford the best patient outcomes possible.”
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Cardio-Oncology is a subspecialty that has evolved over the last 15 years as cancer treatments have become more advanced and complicated. Cardiovascular complications from cancer therapy have become a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for cancer survivors. This is due to a combination of direct cardiotoxicity and also the acceleration of new or preexisting cardiovascular disease, especially in the presence of traditional risk factors.
The Cardio-Oncology team treats patients at any stage of cancer therapy and beyond, providing comprehensive, coordinated and personalized care. Ensuring optimal cardiovascular health helps patients benefit from their life-saving cancer treatment.
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Eric Oligino, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist with the Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute who runs the Cardio-Oncology program. It was during the third year of his cardiology fellowship that he began working in a dedicated Cardio-Oncology clinic, and it sparked a deep interest in him.
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