Your patients don’t have to travel far to access the evidence-based care and services of the Emory Heart and Vascular Center. Our heart and vascular specialists contributed to the medical textbook The Heart, first published in 1967, and we train 85 percent of the cardiologists and heart and vascular surgeons in the state. Our programs include:
Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Center
- One of nine members of the Heart Failure Clinical Research Network
- First ventricular assist device (VAD) program in Georgia, winner of the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for Destination Therapy
- Active research program
- Over 1,000 heart transplant recipients, more than any other provider in Georgia
- One of the nation’s busiest referral centers for aortic aneurysm
- Latest endovascular options
- Leader in traditional surgery
- Leaders in off-pump coronary artery bypass
- Robotically assisted surgery specialists
- More procedures than any other center in Georgia
- Direct intervention for acute myocardial infarction
- Arterial revascularization
- Coronary angioplasty
- More than 5,000 cardiac ablation procedures per year
- Leader in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)
- Clinical trials of new devices and treatments
Fibromuscular Dysplasia Program
- Multispecialty team for coordinated care
- Comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, genetics, treatment and surveillance
- Proven heart care strategies from cardiology innovators
- Full range of care for common and rare disorders
- Collaborative, patient-centered approach
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Program
- Only clinic in Georgia dedicated solely to HCM
- Recognized by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association
- Collaboration with the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Heart Center for pediatric patients
- Performed the first reported cardiac catheterization for diagnostic purposes, pioneered angioplasty and performed the nation’s first stent procedure
- Cardiac catheterization lab staffed by board-certified specialists
- Collaboration with cardiovascular surgeons and other specialists
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat athletes who are at risk for, or have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease
- Team cardiologist for Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, Georgia Tech and Emory Sports Medicine
- First dedicated sports cardiology practice in Atlanta
Structural Heart & Valve Center
- Collaboration between cardiothoracic surgery and interventional cardiology
- Minimally invasive treatments, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and mitral valve replacement
- Proven surgical techniques, including minimally invasive procedures
- Advanced care for peripheral disease
- Numerous clinical trials
- Largest heart center for women in Georgia
- Cardio-oncology, adult congenital and other programs designed for women
- Prevention and treatment for pre-eclampsia and hypertension in pregnancy
- Care for rheumatic conditions and cardiovascular disease