Services and procedures
Wisconsin Heart and Vascular Institute offers a comprehensive range of services, including the latest available tests and technologies to diagnose and treat disease.
High quality diagnostic tests help determine what may be causing certain heart and vascular problem. Accurate diagnosis helps our providers recommend a treatment plan catered to your specific disease or condition.
We offer flexibility in scheduling with prompt availability and rapid reporting of results to patients and referring physicians. Our diagnostic labs are nationally accredited for quality.
For additional information on any of the procedures or treatments listed below, we are pleased to provide a link to CardioSmart, a web resource available through the American College of Cardiology.
Diagnostic tests at Wisconsin Heart & Vascular Institute include:
- Angiogram/Angiography (Arteriogram)
- Ankle Brachial Indicies (ABI)
- Cardiac Catheterization/Angiogram
- Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT)
- Carotid Doppler
- Echocardiogram
- Electrophysiology (EP) Studies
- Exercise Stress Testing
- Nuclear Stress Testing
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
- Arrhythmia Monitoring
- Holter Monitor
- Event Monitoring
- Ablation (Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation)
- Angioplasty
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Repair
- Cardiac Catheterization: a full spectrum of invasive cardiac diagnostic and invasive procedures from complex hemodynamic assessments to emergency interventions and balloon pump insertions.
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Stent
- Carotid and Peripheral Blood Vessel Revascularization
- Carotid Surgery and Intervention
- Cryoplasty (cold balloon angiosplasty)
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
- In Situ Vein Bypass for Limb Salvage
- Laser atherectomy
- Coronary
- Lower extremity arterial
- Limb Salvage
- Pacemakers
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure
- Percutaneous Atherectomy
- Renal Stenting
- Stents (Drug-eluting Stents)
- Varicose Vein Therapy (Minimally Invasive)
- Advanced Wound Care Clinic
- Therapeutic Monitoring Clinics
- Anticoagulation Clinic
- Cholesterol/Lipid Clinic
- Antiarrhythmia Clinic
- Vein Care Clinic
- Level One Heart Attack Program
- Second Opinion Program
In Madison, we provide care at the new Meriter Heart Hospital, the area's first.
- Emergency and Intensive Care
- Chest Pain Center (Madison's only accredited CPC)
The Meriter Heart Hospital web site provides animations for common conditions and procedures.
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Conditions:
Atherosclerosis
Myocardial Infarction (MI, Heart Attack)
Stroke
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Heart Anatomy
Procedures:
Angiography (Cardiac Catheterization)
Angioplasty with Stent (PTCA)
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Valve Replacement
