Life-Changing Heart Care Starts Here
This February, during Heart Month, we’re highlighting the importance of heart health. At the Sands‑Constellation Heart Institute, our team provides everything from prevention to advanced care - all to help you live your healthiest life.
Take a quick assessment to learn your risk and get simple steps to protect your heart.
Small steps today can make a big difference for your heart health. Explore tips, resources and events to keep your heart strong this Heart Month.
Know Heart Health Best Practices
Use our simple daily checklist, easy food swaps, and flexible activity plan to build small, healthy habits you can keep for life.
Know Your Numbers
Track key measures like blood pressure, cholesterol, and resting heart rate to better understand your heart health.
Heart Month Resources
Questions to Ask Your Provider
Start the conversation during your next visit. Knowing what to ask can help you understand your heart-health risks and next steps. Here's a few examples:
- What is my current risk for heart disease based on my labs, family history, and lifestyle?
- Are there warning signs I should watch for?
- Are there specific diet adjustments that would benefit my heart health the most?
Specialized Care for Every Heart
Rochester Regional Health's Cardiovascular Genetics Program helps identify inherited heart conditions and use that insight to guide prevention and treatment - often before symptoms appear.
What to expect from a genetic evaluation:
- A detailed review of your personal and family health history
- Discussion of genetic testing options, when appropriate
- Personalized care recommendations for you, and potentially your family
Rochester Regional Health is the only health system in the region offering advanced robotic cardiac surgery, allowing our surgeons to perform complex heart procedures with greater precision, smaller incisions, and faster recovery - so patients can get back to life sooner, with confidence in their care.
Robotic cardiac surgery at Rochester Regional Health offers:
- Unmatched regional access to robotic heart surgery performed by highly specialized cardiac surgeons
- Minimally invasive approaches that may reduce pain, blood loss, and hospital stays
- Advanced precision and control to support safer procedures and faster recovery times
Amyloidosis is a complex condition that can affect the heart and is often difficult to diagnose.
Our approach includes:
- Early detection with advanced imaging and testing
- Accurate diagnosis to identify the amyloidosis type
- Personalized treatment to protect heart function
Our multidisciplinary team supports long‑term heart health by managing symptoms, slowing disease progression, and coordinating care across heart specialists.
HFpEF is a form of heart failure in which the heart pumps normally but does not relax properly between beats.
Our HFpEF care includes:
- Advanced diagnostic testing
- Personalized treatment plans
- Ongoing management of contributing conditions
- Support aimed at improving daily function and reducing hospitalizations
AFib is the most common heart rhythm disorder and can increase the risk of stroke and heart failure.
We help people with irregular heartbeat, palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, or a new or ongoing AFib diagnosis.
Our care includes:
- Evaluation by heart rhythm specialists with coordinated cardiology and surgical input
- Whole‑heart health support (sleep, nutrition, fitness)
- Stroke‑prevention strategies and individualized long-term treatment plans