Cardiovascular

Cardiology Services

Vail Health's Cardiovascular Center specializes in heart and vascular health, providing comprehensive diagnostic testing and medical management of coronary disease, hypertension, lipid disorders, arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies and congestive heart failure. Additional services include pacemaker implantation, pre-operative evaluation and anticoagulation services, as well as cardiac rehabilitation and comprehensive screening physicals for young athletes.

Choose the cardiology service that is right for you:

Anticoagulation Clinic: treatments using warfarin (Coumadin®), heparin and low molecular weight heparin
Cardiac Diagnostics: extensive cardiac diagnostic testing
Cardiac Rehabilitation Center: cardiac rehabilitation after a significant "heart event," heart health maintenance, prevention of further heart disease
Cardiac Catheterization & Electrophysiology Lab

Vail Health's patients range from healthy adults seeking preventative cardiac care to those with significant cardiac illnesses. Our board certified cardiologists treat cardiac disease with a comprehensive approach that begins with diagnostics and assessments and can include treatments such as blood thinners, electrophysiology (which includes the advanced care for arrhythmias and the use of pacemakers and defibrillators) and/or rehabilitative measures.

While no referral is necessary to book a cardiology appointment, patients are encouraged to contact their insurance company to determine whether a referral is required for optimal insurance coverage. Call (970) 476-1110 for information or to schedule an appointment.

Cardiovascular Center & Pulmonology Offices: Vail Health Hospital East Wing Tower
Located on the 5th floor in Suite 5900 of the Vail Health Hospital's East Wing Tower, the Cardiovascular Center & Pulmonology services are positioned in close proximity to other Vail Health Hospital service offerings including the Emergency Department, Imaging, and Surgical Associates.

Accessing the East Wing Tower
To access the Vail Health Hospital East Wing Tower, patients should park in the Vail Health Hospital parking garage and take elevator E for direct access up to the 5th floor. Complimentary valet parking is also available from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, at the main entrance of Vail Health Hospital, located at 180 South Frontage Road West, Vail, CO 81657.

Once in the hospital, way-finding support is available via volunteers stationed along the patient pathway as well as through digital way-finding solutions using smartphone technology (vailhealth.org/wayfinding).

What Is Peripheral Vascular Disease?

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is very common, even in people with healthy, active lifestyles who do not have a family history of heart disease. Dr. Kate Schuetze, cardiologist at Vail Health, speaks with Chelsea Dentler about the common symptoms in men and women of PVD, and how you can schedule an appointment to get quickly screened for PVD. Patients with PVD left undetected or untreated have an increased risk of heart attacks.