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HEART FAILURE Continuum of Care
The multidisciplinary Heart Failure Program provides expert diagnosis, medical management, advanced interventions and surgical care, and comprehensive rehabilitation for patients at all stages of heart failure
We are a regional and national referral center for patients with end-stage heart failure or cardiogenic shock.
THE FRANKEL CVC DIFFERENCE
DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
Early referral and diagnosis allows us to offer treatment options not available at less-specialized centers and optimizes patient outcomes
Our renowned specialists provide advanced treatment for rare, difficult-to-diagnose conditions, such as cardiac sarcoidosis, transthyretin amyloidosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which require unique expertise and imaging studies. Our Comprehensive Inherited Cardiomyopathies Program provides genetic testing and counseling as well as management of genetic cardiomyopathies (see page 23).
A unique U-M Health inpatient heart failure service at Chelsea Hospital, in partnership with Trinity Health, gives patients access to Frankel CVC heart failure specialists, closer to home. The program provides intensive education and support to patients and family members during their stay and after discharge.
Outreach partnership with MyMichigan Health also provides mid-Michigan residents expedited heart failure evaluation and management closer to home
ADVANCED INTERVENTIONS AND SURGERY
A leader in advanced heart failure therapies
We use the latest device therapies for heart failure, including Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) and devices for structural heart disease.
WORLD LEADERS IN EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT
U-M Health is the birthplace of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a lifesaving support when a person’s heart and lungs are not able to function on their own.
We care for approximately 150 ECMO patients annually in five ICUs across U-M Health with 50% of these patients housed in the Frankel CVC.
A team of ECMO-certified critical care nurses and respiratory therapists provides 24/7 in-house ECMO coverage, emergently responds to ECMO needs anywhere on our main hospital campus, and partners with Survival Flight to cannulate and transport critically ill patients to U-M Health from outside facilities.
The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) awarded our 30-member team the Platinum Level Award for Excellence in Life Support — its highest level of recognition.
