Stanford's legacy of research and clinical care has led to consistent recognition of Stanford Hospital & Clinics as one of the most prestigious institutions for heart care in the world.

Stanford Hospital & Clinics is consistently ranked in US News & World Report’s Honor Roll of US Hospitals and in the top cardiac programs in the United States.

Stanford’s cardiac and thoracic aortic surgery programs offer patients a range of surgical services that are unparalleled in the Western United States and the Pacific Rim for diversity, technology, innovativeness and outcomes.

Our program is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in:

• Cardiac transplantation
  
  
• Surgical interventions for congestive heart failure
  
  
• Thoracic aortic surgery (aneurysms and aortic dissections)
  
  
• Surgical treatment of valvular heart disease (including valve-sparing aortic root replacement and mitral valve repair)
  
  
• Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (used to treat coronary artery disease in certain circumstances)