University Hospitals Provides Targeted Treatment for Women with Heart Disease

The Women’s Cardiovascular Center at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute was specifically created for women with cardiac disease and those at risk for developing heart problems. Our team of physicians is specially trained to provide advanced diagnostics and treatments to help women achieve and maintain cardiac health.

The team includes experts in clinical cardiology, coronary and peripheral interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure, electrophysiology, vascular medicine, heart surgery and heart transplantation. They work in close collaboration with University Hospitals MacDonald Women’s Hospital, Ohio’s only dedicated women’s hospital, to provide personalized, integrative cardiac care that addresses the special health needs of women of all ages.

The Women’s Cardiovascular Center was established as a national Center of Excellence in patient care, cardiovascular research and physician education. Our team is committed to providing comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatments, while also advancing women’s cardiovascular medicine through discovery and innovation.

Multiple Services Designed to Address Women’s Needs

The Women’s Cardiovascular Center offers the latest techniques for diagnosing and treating heart disease. Before selecting a treatment, our cardiac experts take into account the unique ways heart disease manifests itself in women and potentially complicating factors such as pregnancy , breast cancer and menopause.

Our physicians are experienced in handling every aspect of heart disease in women, including:

  • Early detection of coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, heart failure and vascular disease
  • Management and prevention of coronary and vascular disease, high-risk pregnancy, and high cholesterol
  • Advanced therapy for cardiovascular disease, including minimally invasive surgical procedures, peripheral vascular treatment, stem cell therapy, heart assist devices, and atrial fibrillation ablation
  • Heart and vascular surgery
  • Vascular medicine for treating arterial and venous disease, wounds, warfarin failure and blood clot disorders
  • Heart transplantation
  • Fitness training, tobacco cessation and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation

The center is also engaged in nationally funded clinical research focused on improving testing and treatment for women with cardiac disease.

The team includes specialists in other areas of women’s health. Collaboratively, team members treat women of any age or stage of disease. This multidisciplinary approach delivers the best possible results.