Heart & Vascular Institute –
Texas Medical Center

World-Class Physicians and Specialists

With some of the best cardiovascular physicians and specialists in the world on medical staff, the Heart & Vascular Institute – Texas Medical Center is a preferred site for leading-edge procedures and clinical trials. (Find a physician now.)

Our specialties include:

• Cardiovascular surgery
• Cardiac catheterization, with the most modern and well-equipped labs in Houston
• Endovascular repair of blood vessels without surgery, enabling patients to go home the day after the procedure
• Treatment for diseases of the aorta, including reconstructive aortic surgery
• Comprehensive stenting options, including advanced carotid stenting and drug-eluting stents that prevent arteries from scarring and re-closing after the procedure
• Angioplasty
• Implanting pacemakers and defibrillators
• Congestive heart failure program
• Health risk evaluations
• Valvuloplasty, a newer procedure that uses balloons to open narrowed heart valves
• Cardiac stress testing and stress-management programs
• Robotics