When you choose Ascension Medical Group Via Christi St. Teresa for your heart and vascular care, you get an entire team trained to deliver the latest in therapeutics and surgery to help prevent, diagnose, manage, and treat heart and vascular diseases. At Ascension Medical Group Via Christi, specialists and care teams provide advanced heart testing and diagnostics, treatments, medication management, surgical heart care and cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. And as part of a national heart care team, our doctors share best practices in care and research, connecting you to advanced heart care close to home. Starting with your first consultation, your doctor listens to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a heart care plan that’s right for you.
Multispecialty care for heart and vascular conditions
FIND A SPECIALIST
When you need more advanced heart care, your doctor can connect you with a heart specialist close to home. From preventive care to vascular surgery, your doctors, specialists and care team at Ascension Via Christi collaborate, working together for you and with you. Our advanced specialty care includes:
- Atrial fibrillation (AFib)
- Congestive heart failure
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart attack
- Heart valve and structural heart disease
- High blood pressure and high cholesterol
At Ascension Medical Group Via Christi, our electrophysiologists specialize in the heart’s electrical system, diagnosing and treating heart rhythm disorders. Your doctor works with you on a personalized care plan. We provide minimally invasive treatments for AFib, including catheter ablation.
Heart valve specialists at Ascension Medical Group Via Christi provide advanced diagnostics, heart valve imaging, and personalized therapeutic and surgical treatments. Whenever possible, your doctor may recommend a minimally invasive procedure, such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Talk with a heart valve specialist about treatment options that are right for you.
Heart specialists at Ascension Medical Group Via Christi diagnose and treat heart failure. Request a first consultation or second opinion. Heart failure is a progressive condition caused by cardiovascular diseases, cancer treatments and inherited conditions. Your doctor delivers a personalized care plan that may include medication, advanced therapeutics and surgical care.
Symptoms of heart attack in men and women
If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, irregular heartbeat or other risk factors for heart disease, your doctor works with you to prevent heart attack and stroke. Some heart attacks begin suddenly, while others start with mild discomfort. Watch for these symptoms of heart attack in both men and women:
- Chest discomfort, pressure, or pain
- Difficulty breathing independent of activity
- Lightheadedness or loss of consciousness
- New weakness or fatigue
- Rapid or irregular heartbeat
- Sudden pain in the arm (particularly left arm), jaw, neck, or back
Go to the ER right away if you notice these symptoms in yourself or a loved one. Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa has an ER open 24/7 for life-threatening emergencies like heart attack. And if you need more care, you’ll be connected to an experienced heart care team.
If you are experiencing chest pain, especially in combination with jaw or arm pain, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting or difficulty breathing, you might be having a heart attack. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
Supporting your heart care recovery
Whenever possible, your heart surgeon or interventional cardiologist uses minimally invasive techniques and image-guided technology to deliver advanced treatments and procedures to help shorten your recovery. Sometimes your doctor may recommend an overnight stay in the hospital after surgery for additional monitoring and care. And if you need cardiac intensive care or cardiac rehabilitation, we provide that, too, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas.
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