Treatment Options

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. While there is no cure, there are new technologically driven treatments and procedures that can alleviate symptoms and prolong your life.

At Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, we offer virtually every diagnostic and treatment technique available, several of which we pioneered in the East Bay.

Our long tradition of cardiovascular excellence gives you the diagnostic tools and treatments you need to live a full and healthy life.

• 3D Echocardiogram
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair
• Ablation
• Angioplasty
• Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery
• Aortic Valve Replacement
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD)
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device (CRT-D)
• Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)
• Coronary Laser Procedure
• Coronary Stenting
• Defibrillator
• Electrophysiology
• Heart Bypass Surgery
• Heart Catheterization
• Heart Murmur Surgery
• Heart Valve Repair
• Heart Valve Replacement
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Maze Procedure
• Minimally Invasive Port Access Valve Surgery
• Mitral Valve Repair
• Open-Heart/Beating-Heart Surgery
• Pacemaker
• Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
• Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation
• Robotics-Assisted Cardiac Surgery
• Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (S-ICD)
• Supraventricular Tachycardia
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
• Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR)
• Valvuloplasty
• Ventricular Arrhythmia: Ventricular Fibrillation (VF)
• Ventricular Arrhythmia: Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)

About the Cardiovascular Center of Excellence

At Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, our heart specialists deliver compassionate patient care using leading-edge procedures, to patients living throughout the San Francisco East Bay area. While our cardiac services are located in Berkeley and Oakland, patients come to our heart center from Hayward, Pleasanton, Lafayette, and other East Bay communities as well as from greater California and the United States to seek the best cardiac hospital care available. Our experienced team of top heart and cardiovascular specialists strives to work with each patient to identify the best treatment options for heart and vascular conditions. Whether you need a top heart surgeon (or specialist), a cardiac specialist, a vascular or thoracic surgeon, or one of our best-in-class cardiothoracic specialists - our doctors, nurses and technologists will work with you to strive for the best cardiovascular care for your unique needs. We strive to be the best cardiac hospital not just in the San Francisco East Bay but for every patient who enters our heart center, whether they come from Oakland, Berkeley, or beyond the Bay Area.