Patient care information is available here . The Texas Heart Institute is a nonprofit organization in the truest sense. Unlike most institutions that have a source of operating revenue, the Texas Heart Institute relies solely on government grants, research contracts and, above all, philanthropy. In fact, donations from grateful patients, foundations, corporations, physicians, and the general public account for more than half of the Institute's annual operating budget. More than 178,000 heart catheterizations and more than 21,000 coronary balloon angioplasty procedures have been performed at the Texas Heart Institute.
Balloon angioplasty involves threading a catheter through an artery to the point of obstruction.
A tiny balloon at the end of the catheter is inflated to push back the blockage and increase the flow of blood. Texas Heart Institute physicians have performed more than 100,000 open heart procedures experience no other facility can match. Approximately one-half of the procedures are coronary artery bypass operations, and the results are impressive. Since 1972, Texas Heart Institute physicians have performed more than 750 heart transplants, making it the third largest program in the United States and substantially larger than any other program in Texas. Approximately 75 percent of heart transplant patients are alive at the end of one year, while the five-year survival rate is an encouraging 60 percent.