Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Heart and Vascular Health
If you or someone you love has a heart problem, you want to know that you’re getting the best care possible. At Fletcher Allen, our team of more than 20 cardiologists and heart surgeons are providing nationally recognized treatment that is virtually unsurpassed – from prevention to cardiac catheterization, from heart rhythm disorders to bypass surgery.
The following are just a few examples of the outstanding accomplishments this group of highly skilled professionals perform day-in and day-out:
- We are leading the nation in the rapid treatment of patients who’ve suffered severe heart attack – not only exceeding the standard of care, but setting the standard for what other hospitals across the country are striving to achieve.
- Our heart rhythm specialists are among the best in the world. Physicians from all over the country and around the globe come to Vermont to learn from the effective treatments our physicians are using every day.
- We are one of only nine centers in the country funded by the National Institutes of Health to study heart failure and help transfer the findings into the patient care setting.
- Our heart surgeons have saved thousands of lives with bypass and heart valve replacement surgeries.
As a university hospital, our research-based expertise and knowledge of the latest developments in the field inform the care we provide every day – providing patients access to the most recent treatments and technologies available.
What does all this mean to you and your family? It means you don’t have to travel outside of the region to get the best cardiac care -- it’s available right here. Now that’s information you can take to heart.
