MedStar opening new $6 million center designed to ease treatment for cardiovascular outpatients

For patients with cardiovascular disease — who experience a range of problems affecting their heart and blood vessels — getting around is no easy feat. It can be challenging to trek across a hospital parking lot for a doctor’s appointment, and then to venture to different floors to meet with specialists. Starting Wednesday, cardiovascular patients at Baltimore’s MedStar Union Memorial Hospital will be spared some exertion on the day of their tests, checkups and procedures with the opening of the hospital’s integrated heart services center.