The Largest and Most Comprehensive Independent Cardiology Practice in the Midwest.
Our dedicated physicians and providers are looking forward to seeing you. Call (920) 886-9380 or click here to schedule an appointment with Heart and Vascular Institute of Wisconsin.
If you wish to have your medical records transferred to us from another provider, hospital or physician, simply print, complete, then mail this form to our Appleton location and your records will be transferred to us.
Heart and Vascular Institute of Wisconsin serves Northeast Wisconsin with a location on the west side of Appleton. We’re off College Avenue, near the Fox River Mall and Appleton International Airport.
For the past 50 years, the doctors of Heart and Vascular Institute of Wisconsin have provided our patients with high quality, compassionate care.
As health care continues to evolve, we have made the decision to return to private practice so we may have more control over day-to-day operations and patient care decisions. We believe that serving you as an independent cardiology group, will bring you the best experience along with the highest quality care at a lower cost.
Effective April 1, 2019, we began treating patients in our new state-of-the-art facility. This is the new home of the same cardiologists that have been providing care to northeast Wisconsin since 1968. At the Heart and Vascular Institute of Wisconsin we are able to provide diagnostic testing, labs and common, in-office procedures. We will continue to serve our outlying communities in New London, Ripon, Shawano, and Waupaca. Your cardiologist will also continue to provide services if you are admitted to a ThedaCare hospital or Ascension St. Elizabeth. At each hospital you must specifically ask for a Heart and Vascular cardiologist.
Let us reassure you that you will continue to receive the same exceptional care you have come to expect from us. We are excited about the ways this move allows us to improve your overall health care experience. Doing what is best for our patients will always remain our highest priority.
A 3rd COVID Vaccine Has Now Reported 90% Effectiveness
Worldwide, there are well over 100 COVID vaccines in various stages of testing.
The great news is that a 3rd vaccine, this one from AstraZeneca, has joined Pfizer and Moderna as showing 90% or greater effectiveness in clinical trials and is preparing for eventual approval for use.
One advantage of the AstraZeneca vaccine is that it does not have the complex storage issues of the other two and it is less expensive.
However, we need to be patient while the vaccine validation and approval process occurs and recognize it may be a while until these vaccines are ready for distribution and deployment.
Until then, we all need to get through the winter as safely as possible. That means continuing to mask up, wash hands, socially distance, and take necessary steps to protect yourself and others.
3rd major COVID-19 vaccine shown to be effective and cheaper
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LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective, buoying the prospects of a relatively cheap, easy-to-store product that may...What Is The Optimal Diet For A Long Life?
Today, there are a myriad of dietary approaches being touted as the "best" for your health. Examples include the Mediterranean diet, Paleo diet, different forms of vegetarianism, low carb, low fat, high protein, etc.
This article offers some insights into what to eat to live a long life. It's an interesting take on a different approach.
The optimal diet for longevity comes down to this critical factor
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The availability of macronutrients is strong predictor of mortality patterns — but the balance of macronutrient needs changes with age.Andrew, Johnathan and Thomas Chapman helping support the Heart and Vascular Institute food drive to support St. Joseph's Food Pantry
Good looking crew.
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The Cold Truth About the COVID Vaccine Announcement
There was understandable excitement about yesterday's announcement that Pfizer has developed a COVID vaccine with 90% effectiveness.
But we caution everyone to take this news with a dose of reality (no pun intended) based on the following:
1) As of today, the Pfizer vaccine has very complex and super-cold storage requirements - needing to be kept at -94 F or below. There currently are very few places in the United States that have the capability to store large doses of the virus at that temperature. So there are some major logistical challenges to overcome just due to storage to support mass distribution.
2) The Pfizer vaccine testing has yet to clearly determine how long the product provides virus protection. The human trials so far still involve a relatively small number of people.
3) The current plan is to vaccinate frontline healthcare workers and first responders first, along with high risk people (such as nursing home residents), with the overall population possibly not receiving vaccines until the middle of 2021.
4) Recent polls have indicated less than half of Americans are willing to get a vaccine.
In summary, it’s really important for everybody to understand while there is promising news with this vaccine (and other vaccines also in active clinical trials), we actually don’t know yet how long these vaccines will last or what they will do once they’re broadly used in a population - or if the population will even agree to get vaccinated.
In other words, we strongly encourage everybody to keep wearing their masks and keep up social distancing. Now is not the time to become complacent, especially as most of us move indoors this winter where virus exposures will likely continue to increase.
I know we all have a degree of Pandemic Fatigue, and we looked forward to a time we’re not required to keep up precautions, but that day is certainly not here yet and may not be for a while.
Why a top infectious-disease expert says it's too soon to celebrate Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine
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William Haseltine, a longtime biotech executive, said that while this was "very welcome news," he also wanted to see the data.It was reported on last evenings national news that the vaccine has to be stored at -94*. Isn't something that cold going to hurt like a #&*# going in? And it has to be administered twice, three weeks apart?
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