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United Heart & Vascular Clinic
Nasseff Specialty Center
on the United Hospital campus
225 North Smith Avenue, Suite 400
St. Paul, MN 55102
651-292-0007
Fax: 651-241-2910
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Parking instructions

Patients can be dropped off at the building entrance located on Chestnut Street. There is a covered drive through for your convenience. After dropping off a patient, turn left onto Chestnut Avenue and enter the flat lot parking area (Lot H) behind the Nasseff Specialty Center.

Parking is available at a reduced rate in the flat lot (Lot H). The entrance to Lot H is on Chestnut Avenue. You must have your parking ticket validated by the office receptionist to get the reduced rate, so please bring your parking ticket with you.

Parking is also available in the Gold Ramp across the street from the Nasseff Specialty Center. This ramp charges a full rate. A skyway connects this ramp with the Nasseff Specialty Center. You can reach the skyway on the third floor of the parking ramp. This will take you to the second floor of the Nasseff Specialty Center. Follow the skyway from the parking ramp and over Smith Avenue. When you reach the Nasseff Specialty Center, follow the skyway to the right and around to the front of the building. There is a bank of three elevators at the far end of this skyway. United Heart and Vascular Clinic is on fourth floor.

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The United Heart & Vascular Clinic offers complete resources for the prevention, detection and treatment of heart disease. Our cardiologists provide the highest quality patient-centered care.

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Cardiologists are doctors who identify, treat and help you manage conditions like angina, heart attack, heart rhythm problems, high blood pressure, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and stroke.

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Richard Brody, MD

Akbar Khan, MD

Spencer Kubo, MD

Brian Mahoney, MD

Benjamin McKinley, MD

Bilal Murad, MD

Sara Murray, MD

Thomas Nobrega, MD

Jeffrey J Olson, MD

Michael A Peterson, MD

Kamalesh M Pillai, MD

Tarang B Ray, MD

Peter K Rusterholz, MD

Nazifa Sajady, MD

Salima Shafi, MD

Elizabeth Tuohy, MD

Victor H Tschida, MD

R Dent Underwood, MD

Pierce J Vatterott, MD

Angina

Angina is chest pain caused by poor blood flow through the blood vessels of the heart muscle.

Learn more about angina in our health encyclopedia or heart health manual.

Heart attack

Heart attack happens when an artery that feeds your heart muscle becomes blocked with plaque (fatty deposits) or by a clot. When the blood cannot flow to the heart, damage or death to the heart muscle may occur.

Learn more about heart attack in our heart health manual.

Heart rhythm problems

Arrhythmia or dysrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat or rhythm. There are many kinds.

Learn more about heart rhythm problems in our heart health manual.

High blood pressure

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure within the walls of your arteries. High blood pressure is increased pressure against artery walls.

Learn more about high blood pressure in our heart health manual.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD)

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) occurs when plaque clogs the arteries in your legs, reducing blood flow to your legs and feet.

Learn more about PAD in our heart health manual.

Stroke

A stroke results when blood and oxygen flow to the brain is stopped or interrupted. This happens because of a ruptured or blocked blood vessel.

Learn more in our stroke manual.

We have answered questions we often hear from our patients. Should you have more questions, call us at 651-292-0007.

Angiogram

An angiogram -- also called heart catheterization, cardiac catheterization or cardiac angiography -- is a common test used to evaluate your heart muscles, valves and coronary arteries. It can give your doctor exact information about the way your heart functions.

Angioplasty

Angioplasty is the method used to open a blood vessel to improve blood flow by stretching a vessel from the inside and sometimes placing a stent to help keep it open.

Ankle-brachial index (ABI)

The ankle-brachial index, or ABI, is a measurement of blood flow in your leg arteries.

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

An echocardiogram uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart.

Electrophysiology study (EPS)

This detailed study of the heart's electrical system is done to see if you have an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia), and if so, where the abnormal rhythm is coming from.

Exercise stress test

An exercise stress test is a screening tool to test the effect of exercise on your heart. It provides an overall look at the health of your heart.

Holter monitoring

A Holter monitor will record your heart rhythm during your everyday activities. For this test, you will wear a portable EKG machine. You will have a Holter monitor for 24 or 48 hours.

Nuclear cardiology

Also called nuclear ventriculography, this test uses safe, radioactive materials called tracers to show the heart chambers.

Heart Score

A heart score is a specific type of CT protocol that detects and measures the amount of calcium in your heart arteries and calculates a individual calcium score for you.

A heart attack and stroke prevention clinic. You will receive a complete picture of your health by meeting with a cardiologist, nutritionist and exercise physiologist.

Percutaneous closure devices

Medical implants are used to treat these heart problems:

• Atrial septal defect (ASD): The atrial septum is the wall between the left and right atria (upper chambers) of the heart. There is a natural opening before birth that usually closes on its own when a baby is born. When the flap does not close, the child has an ASD.
• Patent foremen ovale (PFO)-During normal fetal development, there is a small opening in the wall between the left and right atrium or upper chambers of the heart. This normal opening allows blood to detour from the lungs into the left atrium prior to birth. This opening usually closes naturally soon after birth or within the first or second year of life. If the opening fails to close soon after birth, it is referred to as a patent foremen ovale.

Peripheral vascular imaging

A peripheral vascular exam measures blood pressure and blood flow using sound waves created by a device called a doppler. You will have a test done while you rest and while you exercise on a treadmill. This test helps tell if there are blockages in the leg arteries. This test takes about 30 minutes when looking at leg veins, and 45 minutes or longer when looking at the leg arteries.

Stress echocardiogram

Stress echocardiography is a test that uses ultrasound imaging to determine how the heart muscles respond to stress. It is mainly used to diagnose and evaluate coronary artery disease.

Valvuloplasty

Valvuloplasty uses a catheter to open a valve that is narrowed. A balloon-tipped catheter is threaded through an artery in the leg and passed to the heart valve. Then the balloon is inflated to separate the valve flaps and reopen it.

Cardiac Device Clinic: Pacemaker and ICD follow up

If a pacemaker or ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) helps regulate your heartbeat, we can make sure your cardiac device is working properly. Our experts will evaluate your cardiac device and adjust settings so that you benefit the most.

Pacemaker

When you have a rhythm problem with your heart (usually when it beats too slowly or if both sides of your heart don't beat together), you may need a pacemaker. A pacemaker is a medical device that can help your heart beat regularly.

Learn more about pacemakers in our heart health manual.

ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator)

If your heart is beating too fast or irregularly, your doctor may decide that you need a device that gives your heart an electrical shock to restore your heart to a regular rhythm. This device is called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

Learn more about ICDs in our heart health manual.

Level One Heart Attack Program

United Hospital is a Level One heart hospital. A Level One hospital can take patients having a heart attack directly to the catheterization lab or to surgery, if needed.

With the United Heart & Vascular Clinic, United Hospital is in the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation for quickly opening blocked arteries.

Heart attack

Heart attack happens when an artery that feeds your heart muscle becomes blocked with plaque (fatty deposits) or by a clot. When the blood cannot flow to the heart, damage or death to the heart muscle may occur.

Learn more about heart attack in our heart health manual.

Research and clinical trials

Our research team includes cardiologists, clinical scientists, registered nurses and regulatory specialists who work together to discover innovations that will lessen the burden of cardiovascular disease.

Clinical trials allow patients to take a more active role in their health care, gain access to new drugs, treatments and disease management practices, contribute to medical research.

Should I participate in a clinical trial?