Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Good Samaritan
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital combines state-of-the-art technology and clinical expertise with compassionate, patient-centered care. With comprehensive services and a team of top heart specialists, we're ready to care for you. We provide the best in advanced, life-saving cardiac services, from interventional cardiology and electrophysiology to minimally invasive surgery and coronary bypass.
What sets us apart:
- Experience and expertise: Access to top doctors from the Advocate Heart Institute
- Innovative approach: Advanced treatments and services for a full range of heart conditions
- Comprehensive care: Personalized and compassionate patient care, from beginning to end
- Advanced diagnostic technology: Access to CT fractional flow reserve, a non-invasive heart test that uses your CT scan to create a digital 3D model of your coronary arteries and calculate how much each blockage limits blood flow to your heart
To schedule an appointment, call 800-3-ADVOCATE or find a cardiologist online.
Nationally recognized leader
Advocate Good Samaritan is recognized nationally for providing exceptional care and service to the community:
- Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for performance excellence
- Magnet recognition for nursing excellence, achieved by only 7 percent of hospitals nationwide
- Truven 100 Top Hospitals (formerly Thomson Reuters)
- Gold Level award, American Heart Association "Get with the Guidelines"
- Three-star quality rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons: their highest rating, given to only the top 10% of all cardiac surgery programs in the U.S.
Patient-focused care
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital's new Deb and Alan Feldman Cardiovascular Pavilion expands our cardiac rehabilitation and diagnostics areas, bringing these areas closer to the observation unit and catheterization laboratory. The redesigned facility ensures more convenient care for patients, whether they're coming in for routine diagnostic tests or recovering from a life-threatening heart attack.
Experience you can count on
- Our open heart surgery performance has received a 3-star quality rating, which is the highest achievement given by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. This exemplary rating is achieved by approximately 10 percent of hospitals nationwide.
- We perform more than 200 open-heart surgeries, 3,000 cardiac procedures, 600 angioplasties and 300 pacemaker/ICD insertions annually – the kind of experience that results in better patient outcomes.
- Our Cardiac Alert Program – the first in DuPage County – is a streamlined diagnostic and treatment process for heart attacks. It has resulted in some of the fastest "door-to-balloon" times in the nation.
Conditions we treat
Our cardiovascular experts treat a full range of conditions, including:
- Heart attack
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart failure
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Peripheral artery disease
- Aortic aneurysms
- Stroke
- Heart valve problems
Be aware of symptoms & risk factors
Coronary and peripheral artery disease
Know the signs: Interventional cardiologist Mahesh Raju, MD, describes common symptoms of artery disease, and explains how Advocate's heart health teams can diagnose and treat them.
Heart health: a family affair
Critical conversations: Thomas Discher, MD, an Advocate cardiologist, describes the important impact of family health history on your risk of developing heart disease, and outlines key questions you should be asking your loved ones.
Advanced services & treatments
- Open heart surgery
- Minimally invasive vascular surgeries, including endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (EndoAAA) repair
- Cardiodiagnostic tests
- Heart rhythm care program
- Congestive heart failure clinic
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Electrophysiology studies (EPS)
- Cardiac ablation
- Cardiac catheterization
- Permanent pacemaker placement
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placement
Deb and Alan Feldman cardiovascular pavilion
The Deb and Alan Feldman Cardiovascular Pavilion, open since 2015 on the Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital campus, expands our cardiac rehabilitation and diagnostics areas and brings them closer to the observation unit and catheterization laboratory. The redesigned facility ensures more convenient care for patients, whether they're coming in for routine diagnostic tests or recovering from a life-threatening heart attack.
Cardiovascular H.A.R.T. unit
The Cardiovascular Heart Assessment Recovery and Treatment (H.A.R.T.) Unit brings cardiac outpatient therapy and same-day cardiac procedures together in one central location, making it more efficient and convenient for patients to receive quality care. The H.A.R.T. unit is designed for short stay patients who have had various cardiac-related outpatient procedures.
Preventive care for better cardiovascular health
We do more than just treat heart problems after they occur. At the Advocate Heart Institute we also want to help you manage your health to prevent heart problems. With regular screenings and lifestyle changes you can reduce your risk of heart disease.
Find a location near you
Advocate Heart Institute offers convenient locations across Chicago's northern suburbs.
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Our location
Address:
Advocate Heart Institute
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Ave.
Ground Floor
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Are you at risk for heart disease?
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