Oklahoma Heart Institute offers one of the finest tertiary cardiovascular care programs in the country.

Oklahoma Heart Institute provides full-service cardiology in Tulsa and throughout the region. Working at Hillcrest Medical Center and SouthCrest Hospital, the cardiologists and endocrinologists at Oklahoma Heart Institute give you complete heart care, from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation.

Utica Office

The main office is at 1265 South Utica, near Hillcrest Medical Center. We have recently opened our south office, 9228 S. Mingo, to provide better access for Tulsa. We also conduct 12 weekly clinic locations in Northeastern Oklahoma. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. An Oklahoma Heart doctor is always on call, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you would like to schedule an appointment or simply have a questions, please don't hesitate to Contact Us.

The Lipid & Wellness Clinic offers a structured, comprehensive program designed to assist patients in reaching their goals by: (1) Reducing the chance of further surgery or angioplosty. (2) Preventing cholesterol buildup in the heart vessels. (3) Reversing cholesterol build up through regression therapy.

For those who develop heart disease, better diagnosis provides less inconvenience for the patient, shorter hospital stays and better outcomes.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

They include:

Advances in nuclear cardiac stress testing to diagnose blockage of blood vessels to the heart
Improved stress echocardiography
Skilled analysis in diagnosing serious rhythm problems
Use of cardiac ultrasound (echocardiogrphy) to analyze heart and heart valve functions
Advanced noninvasive ultrasound imaging to diagnose blockages in blood vessels to the head and extremities
Implantable recorders to diagnose infrequent heart rhythm abnormalities
Magnetic resonance angiography to visualize certain blood vessels without the use of contrast dye. This can be done as a noninvasive outpatient procedure.

Today improved technology allows for therapy for previously untreatable blockages and for minimally invasive treatment of almost all heart rhythm abnormalities.

Rotablator atherectomy to actually remove blockages
Intracoronary stents with ultrasound guidance, which often can provide better results than angioplasty
Intracoronary Ultrasound Guidance for better results in difficult angioplasty and stent cases
Radiofrequency ablation of most heart rhythm abnormalities
Implantation of life saving defibillators without the use of open chest surgery

A greater number of patients don't have to go into surgery for bypass because of improved treatment in the Cardiac catherization laboratory
Diagnostic catheterization can be done as an outpatient
Patients treated in the cath lab with balloon and stent-like procedures are admitted in the morning and go home the next day in many cases
Many patients who previously needed surgery now are treated in the the Cardiac catherization laboratory
For those who do need surgery, we have helped introduce minimally invasive bypass surgery to the Tulsa area

The Oklahoma Heart Foundation annually sponsors three educational symposiums for physicians and and other healthcare professionals. By contributing to the continuing education of these health professionals, we hope to improve the overall quality of care for patients in Tulsa hospitals. Our teaching video, Surviving Your Heart Attack, continues to win multiple national and international awards for valuable patient education.

Ongoing research is another benefit for Oklahoma Heart Institute patients who receive the newest, best therapies available.

Oklahoma Heart Institute was one of the major trial and development centers for the WAVE perfusion catheter. This catheter helps make complex balloon angioplasty safer.

Oklahoma Heart was also a major trial center for the landmark CARE study. It showed that cholesterol-lowering in patients with known heart disease reduced the risk of subsequent heart attacks, even in patients with normal or slightly elevated cholesterol levels.



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