The Dalio Institute for Cardiovascular Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital combines research, clinical care and education to uncover new answers about preventing heart disease. A joint NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine venture, the institute employs a multidisciplinary, multimodality approach to the detection and treatment of heart disease. The institute’s mission is to innovate, integrate and educate, goals that will be achieved through cutting-edge research, transformations of current clinical paradigms and dissemination of knowledge
Rooted in the central role of imaging techniques to better diagnose cardiovascular disease, the institute not only uses state-of-the-art tools such as MRI, CT and PET scanners, but also focuses on the development of novel next-generation technologies and diagnostic tests. Applying a team-based approach that draws on the expertise of physicians and scientists in radiology, cardiology, genetics, proteomics, and computational biology, the institute's primary research initiative is to identify the specific coronary artery lesion that is responsible for heart attacks or sudden cardiac deaths.
The Dalio Institute uses imaging technologies in conjunction with other cutting-edge diagnostic tests, including blood markers of inflammation, protein expression and metabolism. The clinical program serves patients in the outpatient and inpatient setting, as well as in the emergency department. Three specific initiatives within the clinical program emphasize early identification of heart disease in women, ethnic minorities and young patients with a family history of premature heart disease.