Augusta

Piedmont Augusta Hospital’s Heart & Vascular Institute is dedicated to helping educate, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate those in our community with heart and vascular issues.

We are proud to serve our community by providing a state-of-the-art facility with a dedicated team of healthcare providers whose goal is to provide the most progressive care available to our patients. In this age of technology, our objective is to provide our region with appropriate innovation so patients and families can stay close to home for even the most advanced treatment. Our team consists of more than 600 skilled physicians including more cardiologists and cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons than any other area hospital.

Today, Piedmont Augusta has the most comprehensive and innovative heart and vascular service in the region. We also take pride in providing cardiovascular care across the continuum including acute hospital care, extended care, skilled nursing rehabilitation, outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and home health care.

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Services We Offer

• Valve Center including surgical and minimally invasive options such as TAVR and MitraClip, LAAO Watchman Occlusion Device and Patent Forament Ovale/Atrial-Septal Defect Closures
• ECMO
• Level 1 Emergency Cardiac Care Center
• Cardiac Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery
• Interventional Cardiology including cardiac catheterization, TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, Coronary Stenting, Atherectomy, CTO Percutaneous Intervention, Coronary Ultrasound, Coronary IFR, Valvuloplasty, Peripheral Angioplasty and Stenting and Impella Implantation
• Electrophysiology including catheter ablation, bradycardia pacemaker insertion, Micra Pacemakers, subcutaneous implantable cardoverter defibrillators, resynchronization therapy devices and remote monitoring
• General and Preventive Cardiology
• Vein Clinic
• Device Clinic
• Advanced Heart Failure Clinic – LVAD implantation, remote fluid monitoring and CardioMEMs implantation
• Anticoagulation Clinic (Coumadin Clinic)
• Cardiovascular Imaging – CV MRI, cardiac and vascular CT, 3D echo, nuclear, vascular imaging
• Cardiopulmonary Rehab
• Cardiovascular Research
• Aortic Center

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Awards & Accreditations

• The American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With the Guidelines ®- Stroke Quality Award
• The American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Therapy award
• The American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Honor Roll award
• Level 1 Emergency Cardiac Care Center designation from the Georgia Department of Public Health
• Credentialed as a Ventricular Assist Device facility by DNV GL
• Full Cycle Five Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
• Fully accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories
• Ranked “High Performing” in nine reportable conditions or procedures by U.S. News & World Report, including:
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Heart failure
  • Heart attack
  • Stroke
  • Diabetes