Heart Failure Treatment Center
As one of the premier academic heart failure programs in the world, Emory’s Center for Heart Failure Therapy is committed to the advancement of the heart failure therapy. Every day, we lead heart failure research efforts; educate physicians, staff, patients and their families; and treat heart failure patients with compassionate and comprehensive care.
Emory Facts:
- Emory’s cardiac surgeons implanted Georgia’s first ventricular assist device (VAD) as a form of destination therapy in 2006.
- Emory University Hospital’s VAD Program earned the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for Destination Therapy in 2009.
- Emory University Hospital is one of only 2 hospitals in Georgia to be VAD-certified by The Joint Commission and one of approximately 80 centers in the US. Joint Commission certification shows patients who need LVADs as destination therapy that Emory is a leader in the field with the best clinical practices.
- Emory cardiologists have the most extensive base of clinical experience in evaluating and implanting biventricular pacemakers. More than 800 of these devices have been implanted in patients with heart failure at Emory Hospitals.
