Wisconsin Heart and Vascular Institute Specialty Centers
Wisconsin Heart & Vascular Institute’s Specialty Centers are clinical areas of excellence offering exceptional staff expertise, superior care and the most advanced procedures and technology available to diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases.
General Cardiology Center
Comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of heart attack and heart failure, arrhythmias, aneurysm, stroke, high blood pressure and other conditions.
Specialty areas:
- Comprehensive heart disease evaluation and diagnosis
- Chronic Heart Failure Clinic
- Anticoagulation Clinic
- EECP
Cardiac catheterization and hemodynamic assessment
Key procedures:
- Angioplasty and stents
- Emergency angioplasty and stenting
A unique team of vascular surgeons who have additional endovascular training and cardiologist/endovascular interventionists, working collaboratively with each patient to assure optimal diagnosis and treatment.
Specialty areas:
Vascular Medicine
- Carotid
- Renal
- Mesenteric
- Peripheral arterial
Key procedures:
Vascular Surgery
- Renal artery stenting
- Peripheral arterial stenting
- Carotid artery stenting
- Endovascular intervention (angioplasty, stent, laser, cold balloon atherectomy)
- Vascular surgery
- Endovascular surgery
Key procedures:
Vein Care
- AAA stent grafting
- Surgical revascularization
- Carotid surgery
- Therapeutic
- Cosmetic
Key procedures:
• SclerotherapyAdvanced Wound Care
• Endovenous radiofrequency ablation
• Microphlebectomy
• Angioplasty/stenting of venous occlusions
- Treatment for hard-to-heal wounds, especially ulcers due to diabetes performed by a certified wound care specialist
Expert electrophysiologists provide treatment for heart rhythm disorders, including complex cases.
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial fibrillation
Key procedures:
Diagnostic Imaging Center
- Biventricular Pacing
- Cardioversion
- Event Recorders
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)
- Pacemakers
- Tilt Table Testing
- Laser lead extraction
- Catheter ablation
Cardiovascular ultrasound and echocardiography for the accurate diagnosis of disease performed in nationally accredited laboratories.
Specialty areas:
Diagnostic heart procedures:Diagnostic vascular procedures:
- Echocardiogram (cardiac ultrasound)
- Stress echocardiogram
- Transesophageal Echocardiogram
Comprehensive Stress Testing Center
- Cerebrovascular (carotid)
- Upper/lower arterial evaluation
- Upper/lower venous evaluation
- Peripheral vascular ultrasound
- Carotid ultrasound
- Real duplex imaging
- Abdominal/aortic/mesenteric evaluation
- Cardiac CT imaging
Non-invasive nuclear imaging for accurate diagnosis of disease, performed in nationally accredited laboratories.
- Dobutamine Stress Test
- Adenosine Stress Test
- Exercise Nuclear Stress Test
- Exercise Tolerance Test
Heart and vascular disease prevention and risk reduction
- Lipid Clinic
- Community screening programs
- Healthy lifestyle education
