St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of Texas Heart® Institute, Receives Re-Accreditation from Society of Chest Pain Centers   (April 25, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s), home of Texas Heart® Institute (THI), has received a full three-year re-accreditation as a Chest Pain Center with PCI from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC).   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of Texas Heart® Institute, First in Houston to Use New FDA-Approved Stent for Diabetics with Heart Disease    (April 9, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, home of Texas Heart® Institute (THI), is the first hospital in Houston to use a new heart stent that is the first and only one approved by the FDA for treating patients with coronary heart disease (CAD) and diabetes.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of the Texas Heart Institute®, Only Hospital in Houston Recognized by the American Heart Association as an Accredited Heart Attack Receiving Center    (March 29, 2012)
 St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s), home of the Texas Heart Institute® (THI), received accreditation as a Mission: Lifeline® Heart Attack Receiving Center from the American Heart Association and Society of Chest Pain Centers, becoming the only hospital in Houston to earn this recognition.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of Texas Heart® Institute, Gets New Look at Heart Imaging With Perkins Healthcare Integrated Video Imaging System   (February 23, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s), home of the Texas Heart® Institute (THI), has selected Perkins Healthcare Technologies to provide video integration on its new Bi Plane GE Cardiac Catheterization lab.   READ MORE

Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital First in Nation to Implant Heart Pump in Study to Assess Device’s Potential to Limit Heart Muscle Damage after Heart Attack    (November 18, 2011)
Interventional cardiologists affiliated with Texas Heart® Institute (THI) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s) recently implanted the first two patients in the nation with a tiny heart pump in a feasibility trial to determine the pump’s potential to limit damage to heart muscle following a heart attack.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Receives Re-Certification for Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Fit Hearts    (October 5, 2011)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (“St. Luke’s”), home of Texas Heart® Institute, announces it has received re-certification for its Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Fit Hearts, by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR), marking the third three-year term that St. Luke’s has received accreditation.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Physician First in Texas to Implant New Trifecta Valve   (August 9, 2011)
A St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital physician is the first in Texas to implant the Trifecta™ aortic stented tissue valve, a clinically-proven replacement for diseased, damaged or malfunctioning aortic heart valves.   READ MORE

COOKING WITH HEART: HEART-HEALTHY MEALS IN A HURRY   (August 9, 2011)
Learn to prepare tasty, heart-smart dishes when time is limited.   READ MORE

Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Implants Four Total Artificial Hearts in 12 Days   (August 9, 2011)
Doctors at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s) have announced that they implanted the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart in four patients with biventricular end-stage heart failure during a 12-day period beginning July 21, bringing the total number of the devices implanted worldwide to over 950.   READ MORE

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Ranked Among Nation’s Best Hospitals in Six Specialties Texas Heart® Institute at St. Luke’s #4 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery   (July 18, 2011)
In its annual survey of “America’s Best Hospitals,” U.S.News & World Report has ranked St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) among the elite healthcare institutions in the nation in six major areas of care.   READ MORE

Texas Heart® Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Among Three Sites in Texas to Offer Innovative Heart Valve Treatment   (June 3, 2011)
Two great-grandmothers—Ana Riddel and Anna Jean Irwin—now share more than a first name after both underwent a unique procedure to correct a life-threatening heart valve condition at Texas Heart Institute (THI) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) on the same day.   READ MORE

Texas Heart® Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Among First in Texas to Offer Pacemaker that Allows Patients to Safely Undergo MRI Procedures   (March 2, 2011)
Texas Heart® Institute (THI) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) is among the first in Texas using newly approved pacemaker technology to safely overcome barriers, which previously blocked patients fitted with pacemakers from access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines for medical diagnosis. The new technology, known as the Revo MRI™ Sure Scan pacing system, received FDA approval in February 2011.   READ MORE

Texas Heart® Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital First in Houston to Offer Innovative CryoAblation Technology to Treat Common Form of Atrial Fibrillation   (March 1, 2011)
A physician affiliated with Texas Heart® Institute (THI) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) is the first in Houston and among the first in the nation to treat patients for an irregular heartbeat with a new, minimally invasive cryoballoon technology that uses cold rather than heat to interrupt faulty electrical circuits in the heart.   READ MORE

Ricky Meche 20 Years After Heart Transplant   (February 23, 2011)
Ricky Meche discusses his life 20 years after his heart transplant.   READ MORE

Heart Failure and Cardiac Implantable Devices   (February 23, 2011)
Dr. Mehdi Razavi discussing heart failure and how to prevent it as well as cardiac implantable devices.   READ MORE

In need of a second heart transplant   (February 23, 2011)
Kevin Spencer is in need of a second heart transplant.   READ MORE