Structural heart conditions
We offer treatment options that help save and improve lives for people who have various heart conditions that impact the structure of the heart. These conditions include:
- Aortic stenosis
- Congenital openings between heart chambers
- Heart vessel (coronary artery) blockage
- Intolerance to anticoagulants
- Prosthetic valve failure
- Regurgitation
Our structural heart program
The structural heart team at our valve clinic is committed to providing you with excellent care according to best practice guidelines.
Specialty surgical treatment options we offer
Based on your surgical risk, diagnostic testing, and individual evaluation, our structural heart team may recommend surgery as one of your best options. In those cases, we offer specialty procedures that include:
Heart valve surgery
At our hospital, diseased heart valves may require open surgical intervention with our experienced cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiovascular staff.
Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO)
This surgery is a first-of-its-kind, proven alternative to long-term warfarin (anticoagulant medication) therapy for stroke-risk reduction in people who have non-valvular AFib.
Mitral regurgitation treatments
If you are considered to be high- or prohibitive-risk for conventional valve repair or replacement surgery, we now offer you a catheter-based alternative.