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Welcome to the Cardiac Fitness Center of St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center - the only hospital-based program of its kind on Long Island.


The center is located on the park-like grounds of The DeMatteis Center for Cardiac Research and Education in Greenvale.


Located just off Northern Boulevard, its serene setting offers plenty of convenient and accessible parking.


Our popular fitness center enjoys more than 60,000 visits a year and recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.


Visitors are greeted by our friendly staff to make sure every exercise session feels like a welcome visit.


All of our cardiac fitness programs are medically supervised by a doctor, registered nurses and other healthcare professionals, who are always on site.


Our award-winning center is equipped with state-of-the-art exercise equipment.


The workout circuit includes bicycles, treadmills, weight lifting stations and an indoor walking track.


All patients are prescreened for an appropriate fitness plan to ensure all of their cardiac needs are met.


Everyone is continually monitored for their progress by our highly dedicated staff.


For more information on how you can step up to better health and how we can help, call (516) 629-2040.

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Publications and Presentations

Publications

Here is a listing of St. Francis Hospital’s most recent publications and editorials:

Goldfarb JW. Magnetic Resonance Separation Imaging Using a Divided Inversion Recovery Technique (DIRT). Magnetic Resonance Medicine 2010; 63(4): 1007-14.

Reichek N, Devereux RB, Rocha RA, Hilkert R, Hall D, Purkayastha D, Pitt B. MRI Left Ventricular Mass Reduction with Fixed Dose ACE-Inhibitor Based Regimens in Patients with High Risk Hypertension. Hypertension 2009; 54(4): 731-7.

Barasch E, Gottdiener JS, Aurigemma G, Kitzman DW, Han J, Tracy R. Myocardial Fibrosis in Congestive Heart Failure in the Elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation: Heart Failure 2009; 4(2): 303-10.

Kuhl AE, Kop WJ, Barasch E, Gotlieb S, Gottdiener JS. Relationship Between Myocardial Fibrosis Markers and Depressive Symptoms: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Brain Behavior and Immunity 2009; 24(2): 229-35.

Nichols KJ, Van Tosh A, Wang Y, Palestro CJ, Reichek N. Automated Versus Manual Detection of Left Ventricular Wall Motion Abnormalities by Gated Blood Pool SPECT. Medical Physics 2009; 36(4): 1251-7.

Nichols KJ, Van Tosh A, Wang Y, Chen J, Garcia E, Palestro C, Reichek N. Relationships Between Blood Pool and Myocardial Perfusion-Gated SPECT Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function Measurements. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2009; 30(4): 292-9.

Nichols KJ, Van Tosh A, Siddiqi S, Chen J, Garcia EV, Palestro CJ, Reichek N. Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Asynchrony Measurements in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block. International Journal Cardiovascular Imaging 2009; 25(1): 43-51.

Nichols KJ, Van Tosh A, Wang Y, Palestro CJ, Reichek N. Validation of Gated Blood Pool SPECT Regional LV Function Measurements. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2009; 50(1): 53-60.

De Boer IH, Katz R, Cao JJ, Fried LF, Kestenbaum B, Mukamal K, Rifkin DE, Sarnak MJ, Shlipak MG, Siscovick DS. Cystatin C, Albuminuria, and Mortality Among Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care 2009; 32(10): 1833-8.

Goldfarb JW, Roth M, Han J. Myocardial Fat Deposition after Left Ventricular Myocardial Infarction: Assessment by Using MR Water-Fat Separation Imaging. Radiology 2009; 253(1): 65-73.

Goldfarb JW, Roth M, Han J. Gadolinium Pharmacokinetics of Chronic Myocardial Infarcts: Implications for Late Gadolinium-Enhanced Infarct Imaging. Journal Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2009; 30(4): 763-70.

Govind SC, Gopal AS, Netyo A, Nowak J, Brodin LA, Patrianakos A, Ramesh SS, Saha S. Quantification of Low-Dose Dobutamine Stress Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease. European Journal of Echocardiography 2009; 10(5): 607-12.

Barasch E, Fan D, Chukwu EO, Han J, Passick M, Petillo F, Norales A, Reichek N. Severe Isolated Aortic Stenosis with Normal Left Ventricular Systolic Function and Low Transvalvular Gradients: Pathophysiologic and Prognostic Insights. Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2008; 17(1): 81-8.

Nichols KJ, Van Tosh A, DeBondt P, Bergmann SR, Palestro CJ, Reichek N. Normal Limits of Gated Blood Pool SPECT Count-Based Regional Cardiac Function Parameters. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2008; 24(7): 717-25.

Chukwu EO, Barasch E, Mihalatos DG, Katz A, Lachmann J, Han J, Reichek N, Gopal AS. Relative Importance of Errors in Left Ventricular Quantitation by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography: Insights from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2008; 21(9): 990-7.

Kanei Y, Hanon S, Van Tosh A, Schweitzer P. Adenosine-Induced Atrial Fibrillation During Pharmacologic Stress Testing: Report of Eight Cases and Review of the Literature. International Journal of Cardiology 2008; 129(1): e15-7.

Cao J, Biggs ML, Barzilay J, Konen J, Psaty BM, Kuller L, Bleyer, AJ, Olson J, Wexler J, Summerson J, Cushman M. Cardiovascular and Mortality Risk Prediction and Stratification Using Urinary Albumin Excretion in Older Adults Ages 68-102. The Cardiovascular Health Study: Atherosclerosis 2008; 197(2): 806-13.

Goldfarb JW. Fat-Water Separated Delayed Hyperenhanced Myocardial Infarct Imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2008; 60(3): 503-9.

Hazel RD, Tian K, De Los Santos C. NMR Solution Structures of Bistranded Abasic Site Lesions in DNA. Biochemistry 2008; 47(46) 11909-19.

Joseph A, Li Y, Koo H, Davis J, Pollack S, Kazzaz J. Superoxide Dismutase Attenuates Hyperoxia-Induced Interleukin-8 Induction via AP-1. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2008; 45(8): 1143-49.

Roberts JE, Bezack BJ, Winger DI, Pollack S, Shah RA, Cataletto M, Katz DS, Montoya-Iraheta C, Shroeder SA, Quintos-Alagheband ML. Association Between Parapneumonic Effusion and Pericardial Effusion in a Pediatric Cohort. Pediatrics 2008; 122(6): e1231-5.

Editorials

Reichek N, Kodali V: Visualizing Myocardial Salvage: New Methods, New Insights Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging 2010 3(5) 501-3.

Reichek N, Parcham-Azad K: Reperfusion Injury: Putting the Genie Back In the Bottle? Journal of the American College Cardiology 2010 55(12):1206-8.

Nichols KJ, Van Tosh A, Palestro CJ: Prospects for Advancing Nuclear Cardiology By Means of New Detector Designs Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2009 16(5) 691-6.