Why Choose Us?
Better Beginnings, Better Results
Cardiovascular disease is progressive, and can take a different course in each and every patient. That's why it's important to make sure you or your loved ones get the best possible care right from the beginning - from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.
The U-M CVC is a nationally recognized leader in the diagnosis and treatment of heart and vascular diseases. And while we're known for our ability to handle the most advanced cases, we'd really like to keep yours from becoming advanced in the first place. Here, our team of doctors and researchers who make huge advances in medicine are the same ones who work with you to make sure you get the most advanced treatment.
Why choose the U-M CVC? Here are some key reasons:
- We've been ranked among the top heart and vascular centers in the United States, both overall and for the treatment of specific conditions.
- We offer nationally known programs in heart failure, transplant, stroke, children's heart disease, valve surgery, implanted heart-assist devices, preventive heart care and vascular medicine and surgery.
- We offer comprehensive care, from early diagnosis to treatment to follow-up.
- Our doctors perform procedures that no one else in the region performs.
- Our teams treat more than 35,000 outpatients and 6,000 hospital inpatients annually.
- Our heart surgeons perform more than 800 open-heart surgeries on adults, and nearly 600 on children, each year. Our vascular surgeons operate on more than 800 patients each year.
- We have an extensive program for minimally invasive procedures that spares thousands of patients from surgery each year. Our doctors perform more than 4,800 catheter-based procedures, 700 angioplasties, and more than 2,700 interventional radiology procedures annually.
- Our diagnostic specialists perform more than 4,000 electrophysiological studies, and thousands of other advanced tests, each year.
- We have been designated by the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care.
