UCLA Cardiovascular Center

Specialties

One of the nation’s largest heart and lung transplant programs. Leading center in heart failure care and disease management. State-​of-​the-​art interventional and surgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Cutting-​edge heart surgery, including minimally invasive and robotic heart valve surgery. World-​class circulatory assist device program. Expert surgical and interventional treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections. First-​rate consultants in pulmonary hypertension and surgical treatment of chronic pulmonary embolismsInnovative cardiovascular research

History

Established in 1955.

UCLA Health has for more than half a century provided the best in health care and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and the world. Comprising Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center; UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica; the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA; Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA; and the UCLA Medical Group, UCLA Health, with its wide-​reaching system of primary care and specialty care offices throughout the region, is among the most comprehensive and advanced health care systems in the world.