Cardiac Care at Vista Health System focuses on the functions and disorders of the heart and its connected circulatory system. According to the American Heart Association, 84 million people in the U.S. suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, affecting blood flow throughout the body. Cardiovascular disease can lead to heart attacks, strokes or other serious complications.
Vista Health System is one of Lake County's leading comprehensive heart care centers. We provide a range of advanced diagnostic tests to evaluate your heart's condition. If treatment is required, we perform everything from the latest interventional procedures to valve replacement and open heart surgery. Vista has the expertise, experience and capabilities to care for cardiac patients.
You are not just a patient or a case number at Vista. You are a mom, dad, friend, uncle, wife, husband, neighbor or coach in need of advanced cardiac care. Our physician team members are board certified in the areas of cardiology, radiology or cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. Our team of nurses, lab technicians and rehabilitation therapists are all trained and experienced in advanced areas of cardiovascular treatment.
The Vista advantage for your heart care
Chest pain is one of the most common reasons patients visit any of our three Emergency Departments at Vista Health System. At each one, we are fully equipped to treat patients who are experiencing a heart attack. Patients who need more extensive heart care are treated at Vista Medical Center East, which is an accredited Chest Pain Center of Excellence and a Comprehensive Center for Congestive Heart Failure. That means any patient who comes to Vista experiencing chest pain can be confident he or she is receiving care that meets or exceeds the highest national standards of care.
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Invasive cardiovascular procedures are tests or treatments that require something (catheter, needle, etc.) to be inserted into the body to perform a diagnostic test or to treat a disease or condition ...
After surviving a cardiac event (heart attack, surgery, etc), you have a second chance at life, and we’re here to guide you. Caring for yourself after a cardiac event can bring about many changes. You...
We offer: Cardiothoracic Surgery At the heart of cardiac care at Vista Heath System is cardiothoracic surgery—surgery that treats diseases of the heart and lungs. These vital surgeries are performed i...
This screening is performed using a 64-slice CT scanner. The patient simply undergoes a simple scan of the arteries surrounding the heart. No injections, stress tests or medication necessary. The test...
Our cardiac catheterization lab also offers electrophysiology studies (EP studies). An EP study allows your doctor to record your heart's electrical activity and check for the source of the rhythm pro...
What is Heart Failure? Heart failure is when the heart can’t keep up with its workload to meet the body’s needs for blood and oxygen. If the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood, it can’t suppl...
This is the critical first step in your care. At Vista, our physicians have advanced diagnostic capabilities to help determine the condition of your heart. Below are the tests that we use to help dete...
The Vista Ambulatory Care Center, Lindenhurst, offers community members the opportunity to use professionally staffed rehabilitation exercise facilities to stay heart healthy and in shape. An exercise...
Intensive Care Unit Following open heart surgery, patients are first brought to Vista’s newly expanded Intensive Care Unit (ICU). It features a contemporary, functional design that keeps patients in d...