Heart & Vascular Care

Technologies

Among the first
We were among the first in the South Suburbs to offer many treatments and technology for heart & vascular care. Here are some recent advances:

• Ingalls Integrated Heart Care Center includes a 64-Slice CT
   Scan for the detection and management of heart disease.
   This non-invasive test could save your life or the life of
   someone you love. Using this advance technology, our
   physicians can look inside the heart and its arteries for
   plaque and calcium build-up.

• Ingalls enhances its line of cardiovascular services with a
   comprehensive electrophysiology program (EP). EP is the
   study of the heart’s electrical system. Used to determine the
   cause of heart rhythm disturbances, EP provides the critical
   information needed to effectively treat the condition.

• An all-digital catheterization (cath) lab at Ingalls was the first
   and only imaging system of its kind in the Chicago area. This
   system allows cardiologists to view hard-to-see blood vessels
   with exceptional clarity, even under the most difficult
   conditions

• Ingalls was one of the first in the nation to offer a
   revolutionary new pacemaker for congestive heart failure
   patients. It's called a "biventricular pacer/defibrillator."

Vascular innovations
Our vascular team now offers these recent state-of-the-art procedures:

• Dialysis access - Multiple catheter techniques including
   LifeSite® which reduces infection caused by traditional
   techniques

• In Situ bypass - for occlusive disease of the legs which
   salvages the legs to prevent amputation