Abbott Northwestern's Vascular Center
Abbott Northwestern’s Vascular Center
The Vascular Center, located on the second floor of the Abbott Northwestern Heart Hospital, is a new division of this nationally recognized institute of excellence. The Center provides comprehensive care to individuals with vascular health conditions and diseases.
Vascular disease is a term for a wide range of conditions that affect the blood, arteries, veins, and lymph vessels of the body.
Vascular disease can affect the:
- Heart. It can cause chest pain (angina), a heart attack or heart failure.
- Brain. It can cause strokes, TIAs (transient ischemic attack or mini-strokes) or dementia (changes in personality, behavior and memory).
- Kidney. It can cause kidney (renal) failure. Renal failure happens when the kidneys can no longer rid the body of waste products and fluid.
Vascular disease can also affect your arms and legs.
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD)
- Pain with activity (claudication)
- Numbness or tingling
- Varicose veins
- Swelling
- Skin ulcers
Vascular diseases are classified by the blood vessel type or location in the body. Choose a link for more information on:
The Vascular Center has assembled a team of professionals whose skill and expertise offer advanced perspectives in the diagnosing and treatment of vascular conditions. This team includes cardiologists, vascular/endovascular surgeons, vascular medicine internists, interventional radiologists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
These specialists address:
Patients at the Vascular Center benefit from the latest in medical scanning and computer technology. This technology allows our practitioners to visualize the blood vessels with great clarity. Three common approaches are:
Our new endovascular operating suite allows the vascular surgeon to treat diseases of the blood vessels without traditional incisions. This advanced facility combined with expert surgical capabilities, offers less invasive treatment for:
- aortic dissection
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- cerebrovascular disease
- claudication and critical limb ischemia
- mesenteric ischemia
- renal artery stenosis
- thoracic outlet syndrome
- thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
- venous insufficiency.
Clinical research programs provide opportunities to advance the treatment of vascular diseases. Through the Minneapolis Heart Institute® and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, clinical trials currently underway focus on new therapy for PAD, claudication and critical limb ischemia, angiogenesis, renal artery stenosis and endovascular therapies.
Treatment options for patients with vascular disorders include lifestyle changes, risk factor management, medication therapy, traditional vascular surgery and endovascular surgery such as balloon angioplasty and stenting.
Individualized treatment plans are designed to:
- reduce risk of stroke or heart attack
- decrease pain
- improve quality of life
- preserve independence
- prevent complications
- slow vascular disease progression
- provide ongoing management.
The Vascular Center provides:
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery providers
Interventional Radiology provider
Vascular Medicine provider
Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
- Joseph Dauwalter, NP
- Troy Decker, PA-C
- Katie Dorr, PA
- Ashley Korbel, PA-C
- Erica Moore, PA-C
- Sarah Neuharth, NP
To learn more about vascular disease or to arrange a consultation with one of our specialists at Abbott Northwestern's Vascular Center, call the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at 612-863-6800 or toll free at 1-800-582-5175.
Our vascular experts also collaborate with the pediatric specialists at the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota's Vascular Anomalies Center. For information, call 612-813-7100.
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