Heart & Vascular Care

Our Approach to Your Heart Care

At University Health, we strive to provide the highest quality heart care to our patients. Find testing, diagnosis and treatment options for your heart condition.

Heart and Vascular Conditions We Treat

Our heart and vascular team treats a wide range of heart conditions. We have specialists on our team who are specifically trained in certain conditions of the heart, so you won't need to travel around to get the expert care you need.

Heart Disease Prevention

We believe the best treatment is prevention. Learn about potential risk factors for heart disease and how you can prevent it before it starts. 

Heart and Vascular Treatments

We seek out the safest, most effective heart and vascular treatments available, so you know you’re in good hands.

Testing & Diagnosis

Our experienced staff help you feel comfortable before any cardiovascular diagnostic test or heart procedure you may need. 

Facilities & Locations

We have heart care facilities and locations throughout San Antonio to make getting care more convenient for you.

Heart Doctors in San Antonio

While you’re in our care, you may have many people on your team. You will find all of these health care providers right here at University Health:

• Cardiologists (heart doctors) may include interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists and preventive cardiologists
• Cardiac surgeons
• Cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, who performs heart surgery
• Cardiac care nurses
• Imaging specialists
• Perfusionist, who operates the heart-lung bypass machine during heart bypass surgery
• Physical or occupational therapist

Excellence in Cardiac and Vascular Care

Our heart team has been awarded for its excellence in heart care. These awards serve as proof of our commitment to you, from intake to discharge and rehab.

• Three-time Magnet-recognized from the American Nurses Credentialing Center
• 2024 Gold Level Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Award for Excellence in Life Support
• 2023 STRAC Comprehensive Resuscitation Center
• 2023 Platinum Performance Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology
• Certified Cardiac Rehab Program from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• American College of Cardiology Cath lab accreditation
• Center for complex arrhythmias like VT ablation
• Accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) for Adult and Pediatric Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Vascular Imaging
• Center for Lead Extraction
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association Center of Excellence
• Institute of Quality for Cardiac Surgery, designated by Aetna in 2022