The Wright Heart Center
The Wright Heart Center, located at Ellis Hospital, 1101 Nott Street,
Schenectady, is a nationally recognized leader in cardiac
services. We take excellent care of thousands of people with all types of heart
disease every year. Whether you have an emergency or are referred by your
doctor, Ellis Medicine stands apart in both experience and reputation, offering
you and your loved ones a full range of trusted cardiac care, close to home.
Wright Heart Center Honors
Ellis Medicine's Wright Heart Center is rated Top 10% in the
Nation for Cardiac Surgery in 2010 by HealthGrades, a leading
health care ratings organization.
Fast Response, Best Treatment
Heart attack or indigestion? Too often, people experience chest pain and
symptoms they think are indigestion, when they are actually warning signs for
heart disease or heart attack. With Ellis Hospital’s Cardiac Fast Track, we'll
get to the cause of your problem quickly and carefully. Diagnosis and treatment
begin right in the Emergency Department. The expertise of our cardiac team is
especially critical because nearly half of all heart attack victims do not
present classic symptoms. Should you need it, the latest clot-dissolving drug
therapy is available right in the ER - medication that can stop a heart attack
in its tracks when given on time.
Ellis Hospital’s “door-to-balloon” time beats the national goal by 36
minutes. On average, it takes only 54 minutes for a heart attack patient to get
from the hospital’s emergency room to the catheterization lab where a balloon is
inflated in his or her artery to restore blood flow - improving outcomes and quality of life.