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University of Miami Hospital, the flagship and foundation of UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, is the site of cardiac care excellence in South Florida, where patients receive life-saving care from acclaimed heart specialists using breakthrough procedures and sophisticated diagnostic technologies.

Cardiac patients at UM Hospital have the advantage of being treated by a team of more than 100 cardiologists and cardiovascular specialists and surgeons, many of whom are nationally and internationally renowned and are affiliated with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.  For patients, this means that the UM Hospital team has access to academic medicine providing groundbreaking clinical trials and translational research.

Under the direction of UHealth and UM Hospital leadership, impressive additions in services, treatment modalities, clinical trials, diagnostic imaging, and facilities have been instituted, further enhancing cardiac care at UMH.  These include:

• Prevention programs, such as the HeartAware Assessment, a seven minute test that can save your life.  Click here to take the test.
• New state-of-the-art electrophysiology and catheterization laboratories.
• Minimally-invasive cardiac surgical procedures, using such technologies as the HD da Vinci surgical system.
• Clinical trials, including percutaneous aortic valve replacement.  UM Hospital is the first hospital in Florida to offer this life-saving procedure.
• Cardiac stem cell therapy trials using a patient’s own stem cells to repair the heart.
• Sophisticated cardiac diagnostic imaging to include the addition of a 128-slice CT scan.
• First in South Florida with Odyssey HD Monitoring in Hybrid Surgical Suite designed to combine minimally-invasive percutaneous cardiology and vascular interventions with cardiovascular surgical procedures.
• International outreach program providing access to cardiac care and treatment world-wide.