Heart care, personalized for women
Ascension Borgess Women’s Heart Clinic in Kalamazoo provides a network of heart and vascular specialists and services — all in one location. We offer cardiac imaging and other heart tests to diagnose and monitor your condition. Your doctor and care team works with you to help prevent heart attack and stroke. And, we help you manage high blood pressure, high cholesterol, irregular heartbeats and other risk factors for heart disease. Your doctor listens to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that’s right for you.
A team of heart and vascular specialists
Cardiologists at Ascension Borgess Women’s Heart Clinic have the expertise to diagnose and treat heart disease in women. Our goal is to help women achieve and maintain a healthy heart. Because heart disease may present itself in unique ways throughout a woman’s life, we provide care for women who are at high risk for heart disease. From routine care to complex heart conditions, we provide a full range of heart care:
- Early detection of coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, heart failure and vascular disease.
- Prevention and management of coronary and vascular disease.
- Cardiac catheterization to detect abnormalities or blockages in blood vessels.
- Specialized diagnostics, such as echocardiogram, coronary CTAs, stress imaging, calcium score to enumerate a few.
- Vascular medicine for treating arterial and venous disease, wounds, warfarin failure and blood clot disorders.
- Cardiac, carotid, peripheral vascular and lower extremity vessel therapies.
- Electrophysiology from diagnostic studies and arrhythmia mapping to pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, and catheter ablation.
- Advanced minimally invasive interventional procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic stenosis.
- Cardiothoracic surgery, including coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), heart valve repair or replacement, ventricular assist devices.
- Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, including chest pain or stroke symptoms, go directly to the nearest ER or call 911. Ascension Borgess Hospital delivers 24/7 emergency care. We work quickly to understand your condition and deliver the care you need.
Supporting your heart care recovery
Our heart surgeons and interventional cardiologists use minimally invasive techniques and image-guided technology to deliver advanced treatments, and procedures. Minimally invasive procedures use small incisions and may lead to a shorter recovery. For some procedures, you may go home the same day. If you need to stay in the hospital after your procedure, your care team monitors you and provides support while you recover. At Ascension Borgess Women’s Heart Clinic, we also provide:
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Heart nutrition counseling
- Heart failure education programs and senior wellness
- Medication anticoagulation management
- Transitional care, bridging next steps once home
Cardiovascular research
Many of our doctors are also principal investigators in national and regional heart and vascular clinical trials. We are committed to being leaders in cardiovascular research. Our doctors are working to help improve how we diagnose and treat heart and vascular diseases. Talk to your cardiologist to learn more about participating in clinical trials.