Westerly Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health, provides western Rhode Island residents with an extensive array of heart and vascular services in a community hospital setting.
Board-certified, community-based cardiologists and other clinical experts provide comprehensive care that includes advanced diagnostic tests and emergency medicine, inpatient and outpatient evaluations, consultations and treatment. For electrophysiology patients we provide Holter and event monitoring as well as treatment for atrial fibrillation, heart blocks and ventricular arrhythmias. Advanced services include cardiac catheterization as well as pacemaker and defibrillator implantation. We also offer cardiac rehabilitation and a cardiac risk reduction program.
Our Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory provides the following services:
For information, call our Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at 401-348-6949.
Our Cardiac Rehabilitation Program offers a medically supervised program of monitored cardiovascular conditioning, behavioral modification and nutrition education to reduce risk factors associated with heart disease. The program is certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Westerly Hospital’s Cardiac Rehab department offers a 12-week, 36-session medically supervised exercise training program for patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). The program is designed to help to improve walking ability and decrease exercise-induced symptoms through cardiovascular exercise and resistance training and is open to adults of all ages and fitness levels. The program includes individualized exercise prescription specifically for patients with PAD, blood pressure monitoring and educational handouts and lectures on topics related to PAD. Potential benefits of the program include increased aerobic capacity, reduced cardiac disease risk factors, improved blood glucose levels, improved quality of life, potential weight loss, improved overall walking and stair climbing ability and increased time until onset of claudication pain. Sessions are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Morgan Medical Building (below).
A physician referral is required for admission into this program. Please check with your insurance provider for eligibility and your specific coverage. For more information, call Westerly Hospital's Cardiac Rehab department at 401-348-3793.
The Westerly Hospital Vascular Program, part of Yale New Haven Health’s Heart and Vascular Center, offers a multispecialty program for managing patients with non-healing lower extremity wounds, including patients with critical limb ischemia, peripheral arterial disease, diabetic foot and ankle complications and other cardiovascular disease.
Yale New Haven Health Heart and Vascular Center offers a variety of cardiovascular services and specialty areas throughout our five hospitals. Learn more from Francine LoRusso, vice president and executive director, Heart and Vascular Center, Yale New Haven Health.
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