Cardiac Care

The sound of a healthy beating heart is music to our ears at UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco. Making sure your heart continues to beat strongly is always our focus, with extensive cardiology services all located in one setting. Inside St. Mary's, you'll find an expert staff who combine the latest in technology with a caring, compassionate touch that sets us apart from anywhere else. Our cardiac surgeons are leaders in their field and consistently engage in research to advance the practice of cardiac medicine. And our hospital provides the latest technology to treat your heart. We stay informed about the latest treatments and take an active role in advancing cardiac medicine. We treat congestive heart failure, heart attack, heart murmur and all forms of heart disease.

Accomplishments in treating heart disease

• Being among the first in the country to use less-invasive techniques for coronary bypass surgery.
• Helping pioneer the minimally-invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) procedure.
• Performing a single-artery bypass on a still-beating heart.
• Assisting in the refinement of the revolutionary off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB), which eliminates the need for a heart-lung machine and reduces postsurgical neurological complications.

Cardiology services

St. Mary's Hospital provides a complete range of cardiac services and surgery including the four below.

You also find cardiac rehabilitation, an arrhythmia/cardiology clinic, and advanced treatment for heart attack and stroke.

We offer support during your entire experience with us and work directly with you in taking care of your heart not just while you are here, but also after you return home.

Interventional Cardiology

• STEMI Program
• Complex percutaneous coronary intervention and advanced chronic total occlusion techniques
• Rotation and orbital atherectomy and coronary imaging
• Non-invasive wire-free 3-D fractional flow reserve
• Percutaneous ventricular support with Impella and peripheral ECMO
• Peripheral artery intervention (subclavian, aortic, lower extremity) with latest advances in atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy
• Tibiopedal arterial minimally invasive retrograde revascularization for critical limb ischemia
• Percutaneous treatment for massive and submassive pulmonary emboli and deep vein thrombosis

Vascular Surgery

• CABG and valve surgeries

Cardiac Electrophysiology

• His bundle pacing
• Electrophysiology study and catheter ablation

Non-invasive Cardiology

• Echocardiology with 3-D and strain imaging
• Nuclear stress testing