Seton Family of Hospitals offers some of the most advanced, most comprehensive cardiac care in Central Texas. Our specialists throughout the network utilize the latest technology available to pinpoint and treat all types of heart problems from the most common to the most complex.
Seton Medical Center Austin, the largest acute care center in Austin, is home to the Seton Heart Specialty Care & Transplant Center. With the only heart transplant program in Central Texas, Seton Medical Center Austin offers patients access to a full spectrum of care – all in one place.
Seton Medical Center Austin has received full accreditation as a Chest Pain Center from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. Only six percent of hospitals in the United States have received this distinction. The accreditation affirms that Seton Medical Center Austin demonstrates expertise in rapid assessment and treatment of cardiac patients.
Services Available:
- Heart Transplant
- Heart Failure Clinic
- Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program
- Open Heart Surgery, including Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Valve procedures
- Stereotaxis Niobe System
- Catheterization Labs
- Diagnostic Angiography
- Angioplasty
- Stent Placement
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
- Therectomy
- Stents
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Electrophysiology Labs
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Implantable Cardiac Defibrilator (ICD) Implantation
- Cardiac Resychronization Therapy
- Cardiac Ablations, including ablations for Atrial Fibrillation
- Nuclear Cardiology Lab
- Echocardiograph Lab
- Accredited Chest Pain Center
- Cardiac MRI
- CT Coronary Angiography
- Minimally Invasive Valve Repair
- Coronary ICU
- Heart Healthy CT
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
News and Events
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Seton Medical Center Hays is Minimizing Surgical Trauma in Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
August 4, 2010Seton Medical Center Hays (SMCH), a member of the Seton Family of Hospitals, and Dr. Joe Wells completed Hays County's first minimally invasive procedure for abdominal aortic aneurysms, using an endovascular stent graft.
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Seton Heart Institute Performs Life-Saving, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Procedure
July 16, 2010
First Cutting-Edge Treatment in Central Texas Using World's Smallest Heart Pump
The Seton Heart Institute and Seton Medical Center Austin are the first in Central Texas to treat critically ill patients with the world's smallest heart pump, the Impella 2.5.
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Seton Celebrates Central Texas' Only Heart Transplant Programs Accomplishments
September 3, 2009In 1986, the region's only Heart Specialty Care and Transplant Center was established at Seton Medical Center Austin, a member of the Seton Family of Hospitals. Since the founding of the center, 303 heart transplants have been performed, with the latest surgery on Aug. 17.
Seton is proud to have four hospitals – the only hospitals in Central Texas - that have earned the