Heart Services and Specialties

Your cardiologist may recommend Cardiac Rehabilitation to help you return to the highest level of activity and independence possible.

Cardiac Rehab is tailored to meet each individual’s needs. Active involvement by you and your family is vital to your rehab success.

Rapid development of new cancer therapies is extending the lives of many cancer patients, which is great news. But increasing life spans also increase the likelihood of experiencing long-term adverse effects of treatment, such as secondary cancers and cardiovascular damage.

Munson Healthcare cardiologists travel throughout northern Michigan and work with community hospitals around the region so patients can receive close-to-home diagnostic cardiac testing services. Our team of cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists, and physicians from multiple disciplines can view all diagnostic tests and collaborate to determine the best treatment plan for you and your heart.

Munson Medical Center launched a Heart Failure Program in 2013 to help the growing number of people who have heart failure. The clinic’s multidisciplinary approach is very successful in treating heart failure.

The heart failure team includes a board-certified heart failure cardiologist, a specially trained nurse practitioner, a nurse specialist, and a pharmacist specializing in the diagnosis and management of heart failure.

Interventional cardiologists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of several types of heart disease using catheter-based treatment.

A number of heart procedures can be performed using catheterization. This typically involves inserting a sheath into the femoral artery, radial artery, or any other large peripheral artery or vein, and then inserting a catheter into the heart under X-ray visualization.

Our cardiovascular research program brings the newest and most promising research trials to our community with cutting-edge therapies otherwise not locally available to patients.

We have been involved in cardiovascular research since 2007. We have enrolled over 500 people from all over northern Michigan in 21 industry- or government-sponsored studies.

The clinic offers patients with severe heart valve abnormalities the opportunity to be seen by cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and nurses at the Webber Heart Center’s Cardio Diagnostic Suite. The team works to provide comprehensive patient treatment options for aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation, mitral valve disease, perivalvular leaks, and other heart defects.

Your good health depends on having a healthy system of veins and arteries to circulate blood to every area of your body. Vascular disease includes any condition that affects your circulatory system and can lead to conditions such as leg pain, poor kidney function, and stroke.

Early diagnosis and treatment of vascular conditions is extremely effective. Munson Healthcare has a team of highly-skilled vascular specialists based in Traverse City who provide preventive, interventional, surgical, and ongoing comprehensive care for patients with vascular conditions.

Women are just as vulnerable to heart disease as men. In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death among both genders in the US. Symptoms of heart disease in women can feel much different than for men. For example, only about 50 percent of women report having chest pains before or during a heart attack. Instead, women often experience less obvious heart attack warning signs, such as unusual fatigue or dizziness.