The Valley View Heart & Vascular Center is a regional leader in cardiovascular medicine, pioneering new approaches and novel technologies that are quickly adopted by other renowned treatment centers. We are committed to remaining on the front lines of innovation so that we can continue to deliver exceptional care. While we are tremendously proud of our advances in treatment, our team is known for our remarkable ability to connect with our patients.
With locations in Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, as well as six outreach clinics across Western Colorado, our doctors ensure accessible, high-quality care. We aim to deliver world-class care, right here at home. Most importantly, everything we do at the Heart & Vascular Center is backed by the strength, reach and quality of the entire Valley View system. Comprehensive care at Valley View enables surgeons, providers and nurse practitioners across our system to fully understand patients and their needs, leading to more informed treatment decisions and better outcomes for our patients.
We are pleased to offer VirtualCare including telehealth, video visits and more by appointment only. Please call 970.384.7290 to schedule today.
Arrhythmias of the heart such as atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, and others can be easily treated in our electrophysiology lab with same day discharge. Our primary focus is the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
The Heart and Vascular Center at Valley View specializes in advanced vascular surgeries of your veins and arteries. Vascular disease can be managed through medication, minimally invasive catheter procedures or surgical reconstruction.
Common vascular procedures performed at the Heart and Vascular Center at Valley View include carotid endarterectomy; peripheral angiography; peripheral angioplasty, stent and atherectomy; abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; and limb preservation. In particular, the Heart & Vascular Center specializes in Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT).
The Heart and Vascular Center at Valley View provides complete surgical care for complex diseases of the heart, chest, lungs and esophagus, led by experienced and nationally recognized Cardiothoracic Surgeon Stephen Jones, MD:
Common cardiothoracic conditions treated at the Heart and Vascular Center at Valley View include thoracic diseases, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, Chest Wall Disease and more.
Common lung and chest procedures performed include thoracic surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS), robotic assisted thoracic surgery, cervical mediastinoscopy, open thoracic surgery, thoracotomy, and more. Furthermore, the Heart and Vascular Center is the only center on the western slope of Colorado to specialize in surgical treatment of MAZE procedure, open lung resections and aneurysms.
Referrals for these services are not required by the Heart & Vascular Center, and the cardiovascular team is available for patients 24/7/365 for emergency care.
Let our team of skilled physicians improve your quality of life by providing you with stellar interventions for coronary artery disease.
The Heart and Vascular Center at Valley View is the only hospital in Colorado to perform robotic PCI, offer 24 hour STEMI care to perform radial PCIs, and offer same day discharge from the hospital.
The VATS MAZE procedure and Convergent approach are examples of cardiothoracic hybrid procedures that can be used to treat patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and long standing persistent atrial fibrillation.
Our Hybrid Catheterization lab offers patients a combined therapeutic surgical approach to their conditions and offers the most modern technology and the most outstanding skilled physicians there are. Diagnostic heart catheterization, percutaneous coronary intervention, robotic percutaneous coronary intervention, intra-aortic balloon pump, percutaneous left ventricular assist device (Impella) are done here. Pacemaker Implants, Implantable cardiac device implants, Biventricular pacemaker/defibrillator implants, diagnostic electrophysiology studies, Advanced radiofrequency (RF) ablations, Cryoablations, Laser ablations, Epicardial ablations are done here.
Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery – We offer treatment options via surgery to improve all vascular conditions and provide a better quality of life for all such as aneurysm repair, EVLTs, arterial bypass, vascular diagnostic imaging, and intervention. We also offer surgical treatment for conditions within the thoracic cavity such as lobectomies, lung biopsies, VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery), thoracotomies, and mediastinoscopies.
Our vision To be the region’s independent healthcare leader.
Our values — patients first, safety, quality, service, accountability, community and teamwork — guide our mission every day to care for people and their families, one patient at a time. Beginning with patients first, each of our values are part of a patient-centered approach to care.
At Valley View, each staff member, physician and volunteer has taken the mission of patient-centered care to heart. Decisions are made with the primary consideration of doing what’s right for the patient and their families, creating a collaborative partnership between caregivers and patients.
