Heart & Vascular
Your heart will beat 2.5 billion times over the course of your lifetime. At SSM Health, we believe that progressive, experienced heart care is a must and not just a nice-to-have.
We have more trusted heart and vascular specialists in more locations close to home, so you - and your heart - get the care you deserve. Our teams include leading cardiologists, electrophysiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons - all providing the most innovative inpatient heart care throughout Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
To serve you better, please set your location for information on services available in your area.
Four St. Louis region SSM Health hospitals have been designated as a Level I Time Critical Diagnosis STEMI Centers, which means they are equipped to handle every aspect of STEMI - a potentially fatal form of heart attack - care, from emergent care to advanced treatment for patients with complications. When time is critical, you can trust SSM Health to provide the advanced, critical care you need.
Cardiac Cath Lab
Learn what to expect from this diagnostic test if your doctor refers you to the cardiac cath lab.
Need a Second Opinion?
It's important to have confidence in your diagnosis and treatment. Seek a second opinion from one of our experts at SSM Health.
Preventive Care
Our preventive cardiology and rehabilitation services focus on one goal: preventing heart attack and stroke.
Request an Appointment
Request an appointment with an SSM Health heart specialist in Illinois.
Venous Care
At SSM Health, our team works to help treat and heal varicose veins with a proactive and preventative approach.
Treatments & Procedures
Our specialists provide a full-range of services to deliver the most innovative heart care available.
Heart & Vascular Areas of Care
When you choose SSM Health for your heart and vascular care, you are choosing expertise, innovation and compassion. From offering the most advanced interventions for your heart condition to supporting you as you get back on your feet after a cardiac event, our team is ready to care for you. Learn more about our services and then make an appointment with one of our specialists today.
Schedule a Heart Wellness Check
Looking for a way to determine your risk for heart disease? Consider scheduling a customized Heart Wellness Check with one of our SSM Health heart & vascular care specialists. The Heart Wellness Check is customized based on your age, medical history and family risk factors. Your package may include some of the following heart check elements.
- Office visit with one of our cardiology specialists
- Cardiac blood work up
- Stress test
- Echocardiogram
So whether you have any concerns or just want to gauge your heart health, the Heart Wellness Check may be for you! Schedule today by calling 405-231-8866.
Our Services
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- Angina
- Aorta disease
- Aortic aneurysms
- Aortic dissections
- Aortic valve disease
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
- Atherosclerosis (vascular)
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial septal defect
- Blood clots
- Bradycardia
- Cardiomyopathy
- Carotid artery disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Congenital valve disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Coronary artery disease
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Heart attack
- Heart disease and pregnancy
- Heart failure
- Heart failure and women
- Heart murmur
- Heart palpitations
- Heart valve disease
- Lower extremity occlusive disease
- Marfan syndrome
- Mitral valve disease
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD)/Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
- Pulmonary embolism
- Renal failure
- Renovascular disease
- Sudden cardiac death (sudden cardiac arrest)
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Vascular disease
- Varicose veins
- Venous disorders
- Ventricular septal defects
SSM Health providers are trained to perform the following treatments and procedures:
Catheterization & Interventions
- Angioplasty
- ASD/PFO closure
- Atherectomy
- Cardiac catheterization lab
- Coronary stents
- Carotid stenting
- Interventional catheterization
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Peripheral vascular interventions
- Renal stents
- Thrombolytic Therapy
Electrophysiology
- Biventricular pacemaker/ICD implantation
- Cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implantation (including biventricular pacemaker defibrillators)
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Catheter ablation (radio frequency ablation and cryoablation) of SVT, VT and atrial fibrillation
- Complex arrhythmia mapping and evaluation
- Electroanatomical mapping
- EP studies and ablation
- Internal and external cardioversion
- Lead extraction
- Pacemaker implantation (including biventricular pacemakers)
- Pacemaker and ICD programming
- Radiofrequency catheter ablation of complex arrhythmias
Surgery
- Cardiac chamber reconstruction
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
- Endovascular repair
- Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (FEVAR)
- Left ventricular reconstruction
- Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation
- MitraClip valve repair
- Minimally invasive bypass
- Off pump CABG surgery
- Open heart surgery
- Septal defect repair
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR)
- Valve repair surgery
- Vascular surgery
- Vascular bypass including aneurysm
Peripheral Procedures
- Aortogram
- Lower extremity angiogram
- Other non-coronary angiograms
- Peripheral PTA
- Peripheral stents
- Vena cava angiogram
Vascular Surgery
- Aortic dissection repair (endovascular and open)
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Carotid stenting
- Endovascular/open treatment of extremity occlusive disease (limb salvage)/stenting/atherectomy
- Mesentric/renal artery revascularization (endovascular and open)
- Minimally invasive varicose vein treatment/EVLT
- Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (endovascular and open)
- Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR)
- Transfemoral carotid stenting
- Treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)/first rib resection
- Venous stenting/angiogram
Diagnostic services include:
- Blood tests
- Cardiac catheterization
- Cardiac stress test
- Echocardiogram
- EKG
- CT coronary angiography
- CT coronary calcium scoring
- Holter monitor
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- MUGA scan
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
Know Your Heart Health
Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo
Cardiac Catherization Lab at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Cardiac Catheterization & Vascular Lab at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac
Cath Lab at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Cath Lab at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Dorothy and Larry Dallas Heart Center at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
SSM Health Dean Medical Group Specialty Services
SSM Health Dean Medical Group Specialty Services
