Heart and Vascular Services, located at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen, is a state-of-the-art cardiac facility with an outstanding staff of highly skilled professionals dedicated to fighting and winning the battle against heart disease and stroke. Our team of experienced cardiologists, surgeons, critical care nurses, therapists, and support staff is dedicated to delivering quality care to our patients and support to their families.

Valley Baptist opened its coronary care unit in 1968, and in 1977, performed the first cardiac catheterization and open heart surgery in the Rio Grande Valley. Since that time, we have performed more then 26,000 cardiac catheterizations and over 5,000 open heart surgeries.

Now a leader in cardiovascular care, Heart and Vascular Services consists of an ultra-modern facility with a complete range of diagnostic services, specialty programs and advanced surgical, interventional, and treatment procedures. Our long list of services includes open heart, minimally invasive and off-pump bypass heart surgery, angioplasty, atherectomy, stent placement and the latest diagnostic testing technology.

This section of the Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen website is designed to provide you and your family with important health information, as well as to familiarize you with our cardiac and vascular services and programs.

Valley Baptist Medical Center - Harlingen Heart and Vascular Services strives to be your resource for cardiac health. We welcome your comments and suggestions on how we can continue to improve these web pages and our our many other services.