Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States and the number one killer of women in this country. Statistics show that nearly a quarter of a million women die of heart attacks annually and that a woman’s chance of cardiac disease increases dramatically after menopause.
Providence physicians agree that avoiding foods high in saturated fat, eliminating smoking and committing to a regular program of exercise can have positive health benefits. These benefits include reducing cholesterol levels; lowering high blood pressure; and decreasing your risk for stroke, heart disease and osteoporosis.
Dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, as well as research into its causes, Providence is recognized as a leader in cardiac services in southeast Michigan. The Hospital was recently named a Center of Excellence for cardiac care by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Providence is dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and provides a wide range of diagnostic services and interventional procedures for cardiac care. All are available at the Providence Heart Institute in Southfield. Many of the diagnostic services are also available at Providence Park Hospital and Medical Center - Novi, Providence Medical Center - Farmington Hills and St. John Medical Center - Livonia.
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- Exercise stress testing
- Nuclear stress testing
- Pharmacologic stress testing
- Stress echocardiography
- Ambulatory electrocardiography
- Echocardiography
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Cardiac catheterization
- Pacemaker clinic for follow-up
- Diagnostic electrophysiology
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- Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
- Coronary stents
- Directional coronary atherectomy (DCA)
- Pacemaker implantation
- Open heart surgery
- Ablation
- Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator implants
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Providence Hospital in Southfield offers a 24-hour Chest Pain Unit to diagnose and treat patients experiencing chest pain. Physicians and nurses staffing this unit are trained in emergency cardiac care procedures and are backed by board-certified cardiologists and cardiac surgeons on Providence’s medical staff. The Hospital’s 15-bed Cardiac Care Unit and 10-bed Cardiac Surgical Unit are designed to care for patients in the critical hours and days after a heart attack or open heart surgery.
The Hospital also offers inpatient (Phase I) and outpatient (Phases II and III) cardiac rehabilitation programs. A multidisciplinary approach is used to help heart attack and cardiac surgery patients combat coronary artery disease and make a lifelong commitment to exercise, proper nutrition and good health. |
