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The UVa Heart and Vascular Center was among the first centers in the country to:
- Establish a coronary intensive care unit - CCU
- Implant permanent pacemakers and automatic defibrillators
- Provide angioplasty to open obstructed coronary arteries
- Use stents to prevent restenosis and abrupt reclosure after angioplasty
- Pioneer myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) to detect coronary artery disease in its earliest stages
- Provide Enhanced External Counterpulsation therapy (EECP)
- Perform renal angioplasty
We were also the first in Virginia to:
- Perform open heart and arrhythmia surgery
- Offer nuclear cardiology testing
- Assess heart function with two-dimensional echocardiography
- Receive Medicare approval for both heart and lung transplants
- Perform both single and double lung transplantation
We continue to remain at the forefront of cardiovascular medicine:
- Annually, UVa Heart and Vascular Center cares for:
- Over 5,000 inpatients and 30,000 patients in its ambulatory clinics
- And annually performs over 14,000 Non-Invasive diagnostic studies, 4,000 Catheterization and Electrophysiology procedures, and 1,700 cardiovascular surgeries
- UVa Heart Center protocols exceed national standards in rapid response time for acute symptoms of heart disease and failure
- UVa's Chest Pain Center is the region's first accredited facility in the region.
- Our in-patient surveys reflect a higher patient satisfaction level than national benchmarks in all categories
- We have the largest cardiopulmonary organ transplant program in Virginia, and our transplant survival rates exceed the national average
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