Heart & Vascular Services & Treatments

Get the care and treatment you need for your heart and vascular conditions at UHS, the Southern Tier area’s most comprehensive provider of cardiac services in New York, such as angioplasty, heart surgery, and aortic valve replacement.

Advanced Heart & Vascular Care

At the UHS Heart Institute, you’ll find sophisticated technology and equipment to improve your heart health, including minimally invasive techniques that can reduce your pain, scarring and recovery time.

TAVR 

The TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) procedure allows a new valve to be inserted within your diseased aortic valve. The new valve will push the leaflets of your diseased valve aside. The frame will use the leaflets of your diseased valve to secure itself in place.

This less invasive procedure is different than open heart surgery. TAVR uses a catheter to replace the heart valve instead of opening the chest and completely removing the diseased valve. The TAVR procedure can be performed through multiple approaches, but the most common approach is the transfemoral approach (through an incision in the leg). Only a Heart Team can decide which approach is best, based on a person's medical condition and other factors.

To learn more visit newheartvalve.com or myInteractiveASJourney.com.

Other heart surgeries and vascular services and treatments include:

• Ablations – Treat irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmia) by blocking the irregular impulses from traveling through your heart
• Angioplasty – Widens a narrowed artery using a tiny tube with an expandable balloon at the end
• Artery stenting – Opens narrowed arteries to restore proper blood flow
• Atherectomy – Uses a tiny tube to remove plaque from your blood vessels to increase blood flow
• Cardiac device management – Care and maintenance of pacemakers, implanted defibrillators, and other instruments that regulate your heartbeat
• Closure of holes in the heart
• Clot-dissolving medication
• Evaluation and treatment of chronic wounds
• Heart surgery
• Limb salvage for diabetic foot conditions – Prevents amputation by increasing blood flow to your lower extremities through vein treatments and repairs
• Sclerotherapy – Reduces the appearance of varicose veins and spider veins by closing them off with an injected solution
• Thrombectomy – Restores circulation to an affected area by removing a blood clot
• Valve care and procedures
• Vascular surgery

Services and treatments at UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital and UHS Delaware Valley Hospital:

• Cardiology 
• Holter and event monitoring
• EKG
• Echocardiograms
• Nuclear stress testing
• Stress testing
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Heart-healthy living resources

Pediatric Cardiology

UHS partners with Pediatric Cardiology Associates of Central New York to provide an array of cardiac tests that diagnose heart problems in infants, children and adolescents. 

The Syracuse practice provides outpatient consultations and continuity of care in Apalachin. 

Expert Heart & Vascular Care Close to Home

Find exceptional heart surgery and vascular services throughout the UHS service area in New York’s Southern Tier. Services and treatments may vary by location. Your doctor will refer you to the location that best suits your care needs for treatments in New York like angioplasty, heart surgery, and aortic valve replacement.