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Cardiology Services
Loyola
University Health System's (Loyola) has the top heart program in Illinion and one of the finest in the nation. Its cardiologists provide medical expertise and treatment options that often are unavailable elsewhere. The cardiology group offers prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support of heart and vascular disease. These conditions include high blood pressure, heart atack, coronary artery and valve disease, heart failure, heart murmurs and abnormal heart rhythms. Loyola's heart specialists also treat adults with congenital heart disease. Diagnostic procedures span the full range, from cardiac stress testing to ultrasound of the heart.
In addition, Loyola excels at cardiovascular education, having trained and educated more cardiologists than any other medical center in Illinois.
Specialty Services
Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology
Loyola has one of the busiest and most highly regarded cardiac catheterization laboratories in the Midwest for the diagnosis and treatment of cornoary artery and valve disease.
Electrophysiology
In one of the largest electrophysiology programs in the nation, Loyola physicins correct abnormal heartbeats using the most up-to-date, comfortable treatments, inlcuding pacemakers, defibrillators and radiofrequency ablation.
Heart Failure Program
To extend life and improve quality of life for individuals with heart failure, Loyola physicians tailor a range of treatment options, including drug therapy, biventricular pacing and verticular assist devices.
Research
Through basic science and clinical research in the Cardiovascular Institute, Loyola cardiologists, heart surgeons, pathologists and others work together to pursue improvement in heart health. Basic science studies include the causes and consquences of high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure; prevention of injury to the heart; gene therapy to prevent coronary atherosclerosis; and new drug treatments of coronary thrombosis and other blood coagulation disorders.
Locations
and Contacts
A full spectrum of cardiology services is available
in Maywood at:
Center
for Heart & Vascular Medicine
Services also are offered at the following Loyola sites:
Loyola Center for Health at Elmhurst
Loyola Center for Health at Hickory Hills
Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen
Loyola Center for Health at Oak Park
Loyola Family Health Center at North Riverside
Loyola Primary Care Center at Glendale Heights
Loyola Primary Care Center at Wheaton
Oakbrook Terrace Medical Center
If
you would like to make an appointment or need assistance
to find an appropriate physician, please call us at
(888) LUHS-888.
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Center
for Heart & Vascular Medicine
Cardiovascular Institute
Director
David J. Wilber, MD, FAHA, FACC |
