Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Service

A UAB Heart transplant patient is flying high again.

Cardiologists at UAB have developed extensive experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and therapy of patients with severe heart failure. In addition to conventional and usual therapy, there exists a wide range of experimental therapies for patients who do not respond to more conventional treatment.

The service provides:

Access to the most comprehensive diagnostic methods available anywhere to establish the reasons for heart failure and to evaluate therapy

Initial treatment recommendations

Long-term recommendations and follow-up care

The UAB Cardiac Transplant Program has performed over 700 heart transplant and heart/lung transplant operations. With an excellent success rate, UAB has established itself as one of the top international centers. Patients are referred to UAB for heart transplantation from all over the world. In general, referral for therapy of severe heart failure, heart transplantation or heart/lung transplantation should be made by the patient's primary physician.