Local Access to Nationally Recognized Heart and Vascular Care in Lake County

Growing to Meet Your Heart and Vascular Needs

University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute now offers advanced minimally invasive and surgical treatment options at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center in Willoughby. We have added more onsite cardiovascular specialists to provide the full scope of services locally, from prevention and testing services to complex surgeries and emergency care. This means no matter how challenging your heart or vascular condition is, we have the experience and expertise to help.

We are continually enhancing our clinical and procedure areas at UH Lake West Medical Center with the latest technology. 2024 highlights include the opening of a new full service vascular suite, a newly renovated high-end cardiac cath lab, and the launch of a new valve and structural heart program. Further enhancements in 2025 include the opening of a new hybrid operating room and the launch of robotic cardiac surgery and aortic disease programs.

Our team is committed to providing the highest quality heart and vascular services to our patients. This includes award-winning heart attack care at UH Lake West Medical Center, an accredited Chest Pain Center. Our ER team is specially trained to quickly identify critical heart problems and facilitate appropriate, often lifesaving interventions with remarkable patient outcomes.

Onsite Heart and Vascular Services at UH Lake West Medical Center

• Outpatient office visits
• Emergency heart attack care
• Heart failure clinic
• Pacemaker clinic
• Valve and structural heart disease clinic
• Electrophysiology procedures (ablation, pacemaker, defibrillator, loop recorder)
• Interventional cardiac catheterization procedures
• Minimally invasive heart procedures (transcatheter aortic valve replacement, left atrial appendage closure, patent foramen ovale/atrial septal defect closure, etc.)
• Cardiac surgery (open-heart, minimally invasive, robotic)
• Vascular surgery and endovascular procedures
• Cardiac rehabilitation

Through seamless integration with UH Cleveland Medical Center, UH Lake West provides access to the most advanced interventions like ventricular assist devices, heart transplantation, and the largest heart and vascular clinical trial unit in Ohio, which means our patients receive the latest therapies available. UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute teams in both facilities collaborate closely to coordinate patient care.

Heart and Vascular Testing at UH Lake West Medical Center

Our facilities are equipped with the best heart imaging technology and staffed by cardiac imaging specialists to ensure precise diagnosis. Diagnostic heart tests include:

• Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA)
• Cardiac (Holter) monitoring
• CT coronary artery calcium scoring
• Echocardiogram (Echo)
• Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
• Nuclear imaging (myocardial perfusion, MUGA scan)
• Stress test (exercise, pharmacologic, nuclear)
• Pharmacological stress echocardiogram

Our noninvasive vascular testing suite is accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission and staffed with certified registered vascular technologists (RVT) and certified registered physicians in vascular interpretation (RPVI). Diagnostic vascular tests include:

• Abdominal duplex (renal, mesenteric, aorta)
• Ankle brachial index and other physiologic testing (upper and lower extremities)
• Arterial duplex (upper and lower extremities)
• Carotid duplex
• Transcranial Doppler
• Venous duplex (lower extremities and abdominal/pelvic)