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For a patient with severe heart failure, the Ross Procedure offered hope

  • March 6, 2024
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For a patient with severe heart failure, the Ross Procedure offered hope
Growing up, Christopher Bryant couldn’t compete in sports or run due to a heart murmur. When he tried to keep up with the other kids, he’d pass out. At 9 years old, Chris underwent heart surgery and doctors discovered he had a bicuspid aortic valve, a congenital heart defect. He learned to take care of himself due to his condition, but his symptoms — like swelling in his lower extremities — only worsened. Eventually, he learned he had severe heart failure.

Voting is Now Open

  • February 27, 2023
  • Number of views: 2417
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Voting is now open for the U.S. News Best Hospital Survey. We appreciate your support in continuing as a national leader in heart and vascular care.

Ventricular assist device team quietly offers a lifeline to advanced heart failure patients

  • February 24, 2023
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Among the top 10 in procedural volume in the U.S., the VAD program at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart and Vascular Center celebrates 25 years of innovation.

History of heart failure

  • November 28, 2022
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Just a few hundred years ago, the heart and its function were a bit of a mystery.

Kaneko named Chief of Cardiac Surgery

  • November 28, 2022
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On Oct. 1, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, was named the Shoenberg Professor of Surgery and chief of cardiac surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Redefining advanced heart failure

  • November 28, 2022
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Why should cardiologists refer patients to an advanced heart failure specialist?

Medical, non-surgical and surgical interventions for HCM treatment

  • July 25, 2022
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In addition to mavacamten, the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center offers people with HCM a range of medical, interventional and surgical options.

New drug, positive results for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

  • July 25, 2022
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An estimated 1 million people in the U.S. have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—a heart condition also known as HCM—and many don’t know they have the condition until it’s too late.

Genetic testing can identify immediate family at risk of HCM

  • July 24, 2022
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As an inherited disease, HCM can run in families—and it can develop at any age. In many instances, HCM is undiagnosed until a significant heart problem occurs.

New treatment option for patients with mitral regurgitation

  • February 22, 2022
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A team of Washington University physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital is participating in a clinical investigation of a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system that offers an alternative to patients who are too high risk for replacement surgery.

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