Heart & Vascular Clinic San Jose
Part of Cardiovascular Health
Leaders in Cardiovascular Care
Stanford Health Care offers comprehensive cardiovascular services in San Jose. World-renowned Stanford Medicine cardiologists provide next-level care for many heart conditions, including valve disease, adult congenital heart disease, and cardiac arrhythmias. Additional heart and vascular programs will be available in late 2023.
What We Offer You for Heart Care
- Specialized expertise in diagnosing and treating common to complex heart disorders, including coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, valve issues, and adult congenital heart disease. Go to Conditions Treated
- Full range of heart tests and monitoring technology for precise diagnoses and successful treatments. Go to Testing and Monitoring
- Excellent outcomes with conventional and advanced treatments, including minimally invasive procedures and open-heart surgery. Go to Treatments
- Leadership in pioneering next-level techniques and technology to make cardiac treatments safer and more effective. Go to Innovation Highlights
- Comprehensive care and support services delivered by people who are passionate about improving your quality of life. Go to Care Team
- Easily accessible care in our convenient San Jose location or from home through video visits. We accept most insurance plans, and financial assistance is available. Go to Connecting to Care
Our team of specialists works together to treat all conditions affecting the heart. We provide in-depth evaluations and advanced, personalized treatments for:
Heart Disease
Heart Rhythm Disorders
Structural Heart Conditions
Heart Testing
Our goal is to ensure you receive the most accurate diagnosis as quickly as possible so we can provide the right treatment right away. Advanced technology and diagnostic techniques enable us to pinpoint the cause of your condition and tailor a care plan to treat it. Heart testing options include:
- Cardiac catheterization: During this procedure, an interventional cardiologist inserts a catheter (narrow, hollow tube) with specialized tools into your artery to evaluate your blood pressure and blood vessels.
- Echocardiogram: This type of ultrasound creates precise pictures of your heart without radiation.
- Electrocardiogram (EKG): This test records your heart’s electrical impulses to assess heart rhythm, chamber size, and heart muscle thickness.
- Laboratory tests: Blood tests check for infection and measure cholesterol, white blood cell counts, and other measures of heart health.
- Stress test or stress echo: We do an EKG while you exercise to see how well your heart works during physical activity.
- Ultrasound: This test uses sound waves to create images of blood vessels, tissues, and organs.
Heart Monitoring
We use next-level devices to monitor your heart’s rhythm and correct any abnormalities when necessary. Our monitoring technologies include:
- Holter monitor: Wearable monitors measure your heart rhythm during your daily activities over several days or weeks.
- Implantable heart failure monitor: This tiny implant that remotely monitors blood pressure changes in your pulmonary artery, providing an early signal of worsening heart failure.
- Implantable loop recorder (ILR): A small implant (about the size of a paper clip) continuously monitors your heart’s rhythms to help understand reasons for palpitations or fainting spells.
Your cardiac team collaborates to develop a treatment plan that’s customized for you. We offer the full range of treatments, prioritizing diet and exercise, medication, and noninvasive and minimally invasive techniques, whenever possible.
If you need surgery, our team uses the safest and most effective techniques, equipment, and technology available.
We treat arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat) with numerous leading-edge procedures, including:
- Catheter ablation: This minimally invasive procedure treats a specific area of heart tissue that is causing an irregular heartbeat.
- Cardioversion: This procedure uses a controlled, low-energy electrical shock to restore a normal heart rhythm.
- Maze procedure: We use either an open-heart (Cox-Maze IV) or minimally invasive (TT Maze) procedure to create scar tissue on your heart. This tissue interrupts abnormal electrical signals that are causing atrial fibrillation.
Our innovative surgical valve repair and replacement procedures include:
- Natural heart valve repair: Your surgeon uses your own healthy heart tissue to rebuild your valves.
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR): We use a catheter (a narrow, hollow tube) to replace your aortic valve without open-heart surgery.
- Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR): This minimally invasive catheter procedure is an alternative to open-heart surgery for repairing a leaky mitral valve. It uses a special device called the MitraClip™.
We treat conditions and diseases related to the heart’s anatomy with the most advanced procedures, including:
- Congenital heart surgery: These procedures correct structural heart problems present at birth.
- Left ventricular remodeling/surgical ventricular restoration: Our surgeons perform this procedure to restore the heart’s natural shape after a heart attack.
- Myectomy and myotomy: This open-heart surgery removes a thickened heart wall to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Transmyocardial revascularization (TMR): Our surgeons use lasers to create small holes in heart muscle to relieve angina or chest pain by improving blood flow to the heart.
- Tumor removal: We use advanced surgical techniques to remove tumors from the heart.
Since performing the nation’s first adult heart transplant in 1968, Stanford Health Care continues to define what’s next in cardiovascular care.
Notably, Stanford Health Care is the:
- First health care system in the Western U.S. to complete a beating-heart mitral valve repair procedure
- First health system in Northern California and the second in the state to offer the groundbreaking transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure
Your Care Team
When you entrust us to your care, you have access to a wide range of top heart specialists and advanced practice providers all working in San Jose. We partner with your doctor to provide coordinated, seamless care.
Your Doctors
Cardiologists
Cardiologists are doctors who have advanced training in diagnosing and treating heart diseases.
View All {0} Cardiologists »Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiologist
Adult congenital heart disease cardiologists specialize in treating adults who were born with heart defects.
View All {0} Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiologists »Interventional Cardiologists
Interventional cardiologists are specially trained cardiologists who provide treatments that use thin tubes called catheters to access your heart.
View All {0} Interventional Cardiologists »Electrophysiologists
Electrophysiologists are doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating irregular heart rhythms.
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Advanced practice providers are health professionals, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, who practice medicine under a doctor's supervision. They can perform routine exams, order lab work and X-rays, prescribe medicines, and counsel people about their health.
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Support Services
At Stanford Health Care, we know that physical health and emotional well-being go hand-in-hand. You have access to vast support services, including genetic counseling, personalized nutrition plans, and cardiovascular support groups. We also offer psychological support services specifically designed for people with heart conditions. Go to Support Services.
For Referring Physicians
PHYSICIAN HELPLINE
Fax: 650-320-9443
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Stanford Health Care provides comprehensive services to refer and track patients, as well as the latest information and news for physicians and office staff. For help with all referral needs and questions, visit Referring Physicians.
You may also submit a web referral or complete a referral form and fax it to 650-320-9443 or email the Referral Center at ReferralCenter@stanfordhealthcare.org.