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From cutting edge surgical procedures to pioneering medical therapies that put UW Health at the forefront of heart and vascular care, we offer our patients a wide array of treatments, procedures and services.As a national leader in Heart and Vascular Care, we also treat high-risk patients with rare and difficult conditions who may be turned away from other institutions.
We also offer a Second Opinion Program in which patients can set up appointments with expert health care personnel within 48 hours of initial contact. The program is especially helpful for complex surgical cases or for those who have been told their condition is inoperable or not treatable with medical therapies.
Diagnostic Tests
The first step in your treatment is often a diagnostic test that helps our Heart and Vascular Care team determine what is wrong with you. From there, we can then develop a treatment plan catered to your specific disease or condition. Our diagnostic tests include the following:
- Angiogram/Angiography (Arteriogram)
- Ankle Brachial Indicies (ABI)
- Cardiac Catheterization/Angiogram
- Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
- Carotid Doppler
- Echocardiogram
- Electrophysiology (EP) Studies
- Exercise Stress Testing
- Nuclear Stress Testing
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
Treatments
- Ablation
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Valve-Sparing Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Repair
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Stent
- Carotid and Peripheral Blood Vessel Revascularization
- Carotid Surgery and Intervention
- Destination Therapy for End-Stage Heart Failure
- Endoscopic Surveillance
- Regular
- Flourescence
- Heart Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery - CABG)
- Heart Transplant
- Heart/Lung Transplant
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
- In Situ Vein Bypass for Limb Salvage
- Left Ventricular Assist Devices
- Limb Salvage
- Maze Procedure (Minimally Invasive)
- Maze Procedure (Surgical)
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Pacemakers
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
- Renal Stenting
- Robotic Thymectomy
- Stents (Drug-Eluting Stents)
- Surgical Ventricular Remodeling (SVR)
- Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Endovascular Graft)
- Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Open Surgical)
- Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (TMR)
- Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery (Minimally Invasive)
- Varicose Vein Therapy (Minimally Invasive)
- VATS Lobectomies
- Vena Cava Filter
Programs
- Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery Program
- Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Imaging
- Advanced Heart Disease Program
- Advanced Lung Disease Program
- Angiosuite
- Aortic Monitoring Program
- Complex Aortic Surgery Program
- Electrophysiology Program
- Faint and Fall Clinic
- Health Psychology for Healthy Hearts
- Heart Failure Management Program
- Inherited Arrhythmias Clinic
- Interventional Cardiology Program
- Level One Heart Attack Program
- Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Program
- Options Clinic for Heart and Vascular Diseases
- Robotic Surgery
- Second Opinion Program
- Thoracic Outlet Program
- Thoracic Surgery
- Vascular Surgery Program
- Women's Heart Health Program











