ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Faculty within the UAB Cardiovascular Institute use a collaborative approach to treat ischemic heart disease , offering a full spectrum of treatment options that are tailored to each individual patient ’ s needs . As a highvolume , regional referral center , our program continues to provide the most innovative therapies while meeting or exceeding national benchmarks for quality of care in the treatment of ischemic heart disease .
Our cardiothoracic surgeons perform procedures such as on-pump and off-pump ( beating heart ) coronary artery bypass revascularization , ventricular aneurysm resection , and myocardial revascularization in advanced heart failure patients . UAB also offers total arterial revascularization , with utilization of bilateral internal thoracic and radial arteries . Our interventional cardiologists use the latest technologies available for percutaneous coronary revascularization in the treatment of ischemic heart disease , with expertise in the evaluation and treatment of complex lesions , including chronic total occlusion .
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
HIGHLIGHTS
• Certified in 2021 as a Primary Heart Attack Center ( PHAC ) by The Joint Commission , the only hospital in Alabama to achieve this designation and a testament to our STEMI heart attack care
• High-performing in U . S . News & World Report rankings for heart bypass surgery and heart attack care
• 3-star (“ better than expected ”) STS Composite Quality Rating for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting ( CABG )
• 846 percutaneous coronary interventions in 2020
• 53 minutes – median time to PCI for STEMI patients ( goal is under 90 minutes )
• 575 isolated CABG procedures in 2020
100.0 % 98.0 % 96.0 % 94.0 % 92.0 % 90.0 % 88.0 % 86.0 % 84.0 % 82.0 %
UAB & STS CABG COMPOSITE QUALITY SCORE
98.1 %
Overall
96.7 %
97.9 %
Absence of Mortality
97.4 % 93.8 %
Absence of Morbidity
89.3 %
99.8 %
Use of IMA
99.3 % 98 . 7 %
Medications
94.4 %
ISOLATED CABG : ON-PUMP VS . OFF-PUMP 2018-2020 n UAB Score n STS Score
Source : Society of Thoracic Surgeons ( STS ) National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database , Harvest Report # 1 2021 , period ending 12 / 21 / 2020
MEDIAN TIME TO IMMEDIATE PCI R4Q 2020
PCI RISK-ADJUSTED IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY R4Q 2020 uabmedicine . org 3