As an accredited chest pain center, Methodist Heart Hospital is the area’s leader in cardiac care and recognized for an outstanding heart transplant program. Methodist Heart Hospital pioneered many procedures in cardiac care, including the first balloon angioplasty and the first heart valve transplant, and was the first hospital in San Antonio to offer a cardio-hospitalist program in which two cardiologists work in the hospital on rotating shifts, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, prepared to care for patients with signs and symptoms of a heart attack.Methodist Heart Hospital recently opened a Hybrid Operating Room, offering cardiology specialists and surgeons the opportunity to provide a wider range of services in a single room. Methodist Heart Hospital is the only private hospital in the area performing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR.