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Cardio-Oncology Care in Denver

The Cardio-Oncology Program provides comprehensive, collaborative heart and cancer care that seeks to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for those who are currently being treated for cancer as well as cancer survivors susceptible to long-term cardiac complications. Working closely with a patient’s existing oncology care team, the Cardio-Oncology Program helps create co-managed treatment plans that balance and maximize cancer-fighting therapies with cardioprotective strategies.

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Clinical Care and Services

  • Comprehensive patient assessment, risk stratification and co-managed treatment planning to enhance patient care
  • Ongoing monitoring, diagnostics and evaluation for congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease and vascular disease
  • Treatment, prevention, and reversal of negative cardiac side effects caused by or aggravated by cancer treatment
  • Prescription of cardio-protective protocols and assistance with titration of cardiac medications to support ongoing oncologic care

Program Candidates

The Cardio-Oncology Program accepts current and former cancer patients at risk of developing or progressing existing heart conditions, including:

  • Patients who are about to receive or who are currently undergoing cancer treatment that can adversely affect heart function such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy or radiation treatment
  • Cancer patients who have an elevated risk for heart disease or currently have heart disease
  • Cancer survivors whose heart function may have been damaged by cancer therapy
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Intermountain Health Heart & Vascular - Denver

303-318-2460
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Ruchika D. Husa, MD

Cardio-Oncology,Cardiology

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Stephanie’s Cardio-Oncology Story at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver

Stephanie was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and receiving treatment when a routine echocardiogram revealed a heart condition as a side-effect from her chemotherapy. Her cancer care team referred her to the cardiovascular experts at Saint Joseph Hospital to provide medical therapy and preventative care that improved her condition and quality of life.

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