UAB's nationally ranked heart program provides the full spectrum of cardiovascular services and performs the most advanced cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, and thoracic surgery procedures available.

UAB's Heart and Vascular clinical services provides care for adults through the UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and the Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. Pediatric cardiovascular services are provided through UAB Division of Pediatric Cardiology.

Cardiology care is provided in the medical center district at the Cardiology Clinic on the fourth floor of The Kirklin Clinic. Primary Cardiology Services are available at  UAB's Heart Health Centers .

Interventional cardiologists in the UAB Heart and Vascular Center treat some 4,000 patients each year for a wide range of conditions. The center features 13 state-of-the-art procedural suites, 4 of which are dedicated to adult diagnostic and interventional cardiology.

Vascular care is provided through the Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at UAB Hospital and the Vascular Clinic on the fifth floor of The Kirklin Clinic. Care for vein problems is provided through the UAB Vein Program and the UAB Vein Clinic.

We specialize in the treatment of:

• Acute and chronic diseases of the thoracic aorta
• Chest wall and diaphragm
• Congenital heart disease
• Coronary artery disease
• End-stage heart disease
• Esophageal disease
• Disease of the mediastinum pleura
• Organ transplant
• Pulmonary disease
• Valvular heart disease

We provide the following services:

• Cardiac catheterization
• Coronary catheterization
• Evaluation of congenital and acquired heart disease
• Balloon and laser angioplasty
• Evaluation and treatment of complicated cardiac arrhythmias
• Management of acute myocardial infarction
• Advanced heart failure/heart transplant service
• General cardiovascular service
• Nuclear cardiology
• Magnetic resonance cardiology
• Heart transplantation
• Pacemaker implantation
• Cardiothoracic surgery
• Vascular surgery and endovascular therapy