Internationally Renowned Expertise The Heart Center of Wake Forest Baptist is internationally known for pioneering work in diagnostic technologies, treatment innovation and improved outcomes in key cardiac procedures. Wake Forest Baptist is one of the first 15 sites nationwide approved to use MRI as a diagnostic tool for heart disease. The new approach — developed here — provides a non-invasive alternative for people who cannot have ultrasound. Heart Center News Wake Forest Baptist Awarded Three Stars and Higher Efficiency Designation as a UnitedHealth Premium® Cardiac Specialty Center for Cardiac Surgery      WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has received the designation of “Three Stars and Higher Efficiency” as a UnitedHealth Premium Cardiac – Cardiac Surgery Specialty Center for 2007. Full Story Several February Seminars and Screenings by BestHealth® Observe Heart Month The Heart Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Offers Heart Healthy Programs in February Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Surgeon Named President of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Mentored Clinical Scientist Program in Vascular Medicine Funded Wake Forest Baptist

Highlights Live Webcast - Mitral Valve Repair, October 23, Noon Coated stents (VIDEO) have significantly reduced the need to perform repeat procedures compared to non-coated stents. Statins offer new hope for heart failure patients Wake Forest Baptist is the first hospital in the region to be designated an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers Brenner Children's Hospital named to NIH Pediatric Heart Network World-class surgical expertise in natural heart valve replacement, minimally invasive procedures including robotic surgery, and transplants With state-of-the-art digital labs, our electrophysiologists are at the forefront in treating complicated arrhythmias with ablation therapy.