Cardiovascular Services

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the U.S. and a major cause of disability.

University Health System, an academic medical center in partnership with UT Medicine San Antonio, is a leader in Cardiovascular Services. Exciting medical breakthroughs, such as South Texas’ first Cardiovascular Hybrid Suite and best practices in medicine, are carried out and discovered here every day. That’s why University Health System received the 2011 American College of Cardiology Foundation’s Gold Performance Achievement Award for our commitment and success in accomplishing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients.

University Health System offers a complete approach to your heart health. From diagnostic treatment, when you first become aware of a heart problem, to intervention, when expert treatment is needed, and in an emergency situation, we’re ready to care for you with a qualified physician-led cardiology team around the clock.

Put your heart health in our hands because we’ll be here when you need us. Our patients are Living Proof.

Diagnostic & Interventional Services

University Health System offers a variety of cardiac services to include invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures.

Diagnostic Services

• 3-D EP Mapping
• Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization or Coronary Angiography
• Dobutamine Echocardiography
• Echocardiography
• Electrophysiology Studies
• Exercise Treadmill Testing
• Heart Biopsy
• Holter Monitoring
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Evaluations
• Intracoronary Doppler
• Intravascular Ultrasound or Intracoronary Ultrasound
• Nuclear Chemical Stress Testing
• Nuclear Exercise Treadmill Test 
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• Persantine-Thallium Stress Testing
• Peripheral Angiography
• Thallium Exercise Treadmill Testing
• Transesophageal Echocardiography

Interventional Services

• Alcohol Ablations
• ASD/PFO/PDA Closures
• Atherectomy (Directional Atherectomy & Rotational Atherectomy)
• Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Ablations
• Bi-Ventricular Resynchronization Implantation
• Coronary Angioplasty or Balloon Angioplasty
• Coronary Stenting or Stent Placement
• Catheterization or Coronary
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Mitral Valve Clipping
• Interventional Cardiac Catheterization
• Permanent Pacemakers Implantation
• Radio Frequency Ablation
• Rheolytic Thrombectomy
• Valvuloplasty

The “Gold Standard”

In addition to our outstanding medical staff and advanced technologies, University Health System is also the only Magnet healthcare organization in all of South Texas. A prestigious designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Magnet is the “gold standard” when it comes to quality care. Bottom-line, it means the nurses and staff of University Health System are committed to taking the best care of you and your loved ones.