Michigan Heart & Vascular Specialists - Petoskey

With highly skilled cardiac surgeons across Michigan, McLaren leads the way in aortic valve repair and replacement surgery.

Physicians at McLaren locations throughout Michigan use a number of non-invasive options to diagnose and treat the most common abnormal heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation (AF or A-Fib).

Calcium Scoring is used to help determine the amount of calcium in the arteries of your heart. In turn, this helps doctors predict your risk of heart attack and establish what to do for prevention.

Cardiac Ablation is a procedure where catheters are placed in the heart and radio frequency (RF) energy is used to correct irregular heart rhythms.

Cardiac catheterization is used to study the various functions of the heart to obtain diagnostic information about the heart or its vessels.

Cardiac Rhythm Management is a procedure wherein a device is implanted within the upper chest to control both fast and slow cardiac rhythm by using electrical pulses.

McLaren cardiology experts throughout Michigan offer innovative surgical and treatment options for heart attack, cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, and more.

The CardioMEMS HF System is a heart failure monitoring device that has been proven to significantly reduce hospital admissions when used by physicians to manage heart failure.

Cardioversion is a procedure that can correct a heartbeat that's too fast (tachycardia) or irregular (fibrillation).

Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) helps open clogged arteries to prevent blood blockages to the brain and a potentially debilitating or deadly stroke.

Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) is a surgical procedure to open or clean the carotid artery by physically removing plaque with the goal of stroke prevention.

During catheter-assisted thrombolysis treatment, a catheter is guided through blood vessels  to help dissolve a clot.

Coronary Angiography is a diagnostic procedure used to visualize blood vessels of the heart.

A broad range of cardiac surgical options are available at McLaren to reroute, or "bypass," blood around blocked arteries, thereby improving the supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart.

Coronary Atherectomy is a procedure used to shave down plaque accumulation in a blocked artery and open it up.

A stent is a small, mesh-like device made of metal placed inside an artery and used to act as a support and keep a blood vessel open.

An Echocardiogram (or cardiac ultrasound) is an ultrasound of the heart used to measures blood flow through the heart, heart valve structure, and heart wall function.

An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is a test that checks for changes in the heart's activity and to determine treatment plans for people with heart problems.

Electrophysiology is the branch of cardiology that deals with the electrical impulses, or the rhythms of your heart.

McLaren heart and vascular teams are counted among the best in the country for treatments, procedures, and surgeries.

At the McLaren Health Care Heart Failure Clinic, our highly experienced team is dedicated to working with patients to understand and manage the symptoms of their type of heart failure diagnosis.

McLaren offers traditional and minimally invasive heart valve repair surgery.

Event and Holter Monitoring are available through McLaren to monitor a patient's heart activity for longer periods than would be available in an in-office setting.

Intravascular ultrasound is a noninvasive procedure used to examine the circulation in the blood vessels of the body.

Left ventricular reconstructive surgery is a procedure sometimes used to treat heart failure by removing scarred or dead heart tissue or aneurysm and return the left ventricle to a more normal shape.

A MUGA Scan (Multiple Gated Acquisition scan) is a noninvasive tool for assessing the function of the heart. Learn more at McLaren.

McLaren offers Myocardial Viability with PET/CT testing to determine heart muscle health.

Nuclear medicine is a subspecialty within the field of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive material called a radiopharmaceutical or radiotracer to diagnose disease and other abnormalities within the body.

When you're suffering from heart failure or arrhythmia, a pacemaker may help give you relief. With our service area spanning the states of Michigan, a McLaren cardiologist is near you for all of your heart health needs.

To bring quality children's heart services close to home, McLaren Northern Michigan offers a monthly pediatric heart clinic at Michigan Heart & Vascular Specialists in Petoskey.

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), also referred to as coronary angioplasty or balloon angioplasty, is a procedure that opens narrowed or blocked blood vessels of the heart.

Anyone with leg pain symptoms, or leg pain after a brief walk, is encouraged to call for a free PVD screening. The screening takes just a few minutes. It's painless, simple and non-invasive.

Peripheral Vascular Intervention Procedures are used to open blocked arteries in areas other than the heart.

Available at McLaren locations throughout Michigan, Pulse Volume Recording (PVR) is a non-invasive test to check blood circulation through the body.

A stress test is performed to monitor how your heart functions under exertion in order to diagnose various conditions.

With a team of dedicated physicians, nurses, and support staff, McLaren's Structural Heart Disease Clinic provides patients with the optimal treatment option for heart disease and vascular conditions.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) is surgery typically performed in older adults to replace the aortic valve.

Thoracic surgery at McLaren is provided by surgeons utilizing the most advanced in traditional and robotic-assisted surgical technologies, working in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team of experts.

A thrombectomy involves physically removing a large blood clot from deep veins or injecting clot-busting medicines to break it up.

McLaren Health Care offers TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR), a unique minimally invasive procedure compared to the traditional carotid artery procedures.

Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) is a test where high-frequency sound waves are passed down the throat into the esophagus and used to produce an image of the heart.

Coronary Angioplasty is a procedure that opens narrowed or blocked blood vessels of the heart by compressing the fatty build-up against the artery wall.

The Structural Heart Disease Clinic at McLaren provides patients with the optimal treatment option for heart valve disorders and vascular conditions.

McLaren vein and vascular professionals across Michigan offer several options for the treatment of painful varicose veins.

Vascular Rehabilitation is a non-invasive exercise program designed to increase pain-free walking distance in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD).

McLaren patients have access to innovative vascular surgery procedures that produce the best outcomes in the nation.

McLaren's team of heart surgeons are experts at repairing Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD).