Heart and Vascular Care

University of Michigan Heart Program Is Ranked Best in State

The 2011 U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospitals ranking positions the heart and heart surgery programs at the University of Michigan as the best among Michigan hospitals and #12 in the nation. Read the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center's 2011 Annual Philanthropic Report to learn how we are moving forward as a team to shape the future of cardiovascular care and research at the University of Michigan and around the world.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Americans today. The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center is on the forefront of innovative, advanced efforts to combat the magnitude of cardiovascular disease. We're doing it with expert, multidisciplinary medical teams, dedicated research and a new cutting edge clinical building.

Each year, our Cardiovascular Center staff:

• Treats more than 6,000 hospital inpatients
• Sees more than 35,000 outpatients
• Performs more than 800 open-heart operations on adults, and nearly 600 on children, as well as hundreds more operations throughout the Center
• Performs more than 4,800 electrophysiological studies and procedures
• Performs more than 800 vascular surgery procedures
• Conducts more than 2,700 interventional radiology procedures and thousands of diagnostic imaging studies

Turning Research into Action Against Cardiovascular Disease

Research is a vital part of the work we do at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center. With more than $180 million in research grant funding, more than 700 cardiovascular clinical trials in the last five years, and a multidisciplinary team of scientists and physicians collaborating across multiple fields, we are leading the way in understanding the cardiovascular system and providing our patients with innovative new treatment options.

We're learning more about how women's heart health differs from men's, how early to intervene with heart-assist devices for those with heart failure, how aneurysms occur and the viability of minimally invasive valve replacement for people with aortic stenosis.

The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center

In  2007, the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center opened a new clinical building for treating and studying cardiovascular disease.

From outpatient visits and tests to surgery and recovery, the Cardiovascular Center serves as a central location for coordinated, top-quality cardiovascular care. Together with inpatient units in University Hospital, outpatient clinics located throughout the local area, and specialized care for children with congenital heart defects at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, the new building makes our nationally recognized cardiovascular care convenient and accessible to all.

We provide optimum resources for healing along with creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle change. From our Patient Learning Lab to meditative indoor/outdoor gardens and a Wellness Resource Center, the Cardiovascular Center is a complete experience, centered around your needs.