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Transcatheter Aortic Valves

Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), transcatheter aortic valve replacement is a procedure deemed game changing by physicians, now allows cardiac specialists at Barnes-Jewish to perform open-heart surgery without the “open” for patients previously unable to have surgery.

  • Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), <a href= http://www.barnesjewish.org/heart-vascular/percutaneous-valve-repair title= Learn more about aortic valve replacement class= ApplyClass >transcatheter aortic valve replacement</a> is a procedure deemed game changing by physicians, now allows cardiac specialists at Barnes-Jewish to perform open-heart surgery without the “open” for patients previously unable to have surgery.
  • Atrial fibrillation, the most common heart arrhythmia, can become debilitating over time. Find out about symptoms and treatments in this webinar with electrophysiologist Mitch Faddis, MD.
  • Catheter ablation at Barnes-Jewish can cure a patient s atrial fibrillation through a minimally invasive procedure.
  • Atrial fibrillation is the most common of heart arrhythmias and a procedure developed at Barnes-Jewish to eliminate it called Cox-Maze is performed on over 10,000 patients a year.
  • A highly specialized approach to open heart surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University allows those with mitral heart valve problems to recover faster with less pain and smaller scars through a minimally invasive procedure called a mini-thoracotomy. Find out more in this video.
  • A combined heart liver transplant offers hope to patients with limited options. Find out how it helped Trish Hatley in a procedure performed by Washington University surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for the first time April 8.
  • A genetic condition called Marfan Syndrome can lead to aortic dissection if untreated. Find out how the diagnosis changed the life of a woman from Indiana, who came to Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington Unviersity School of Medicine in St. Louis for treatment weeks before the birth of her child. <br />
  • What is an angioplasty? What is a stent? What are tips to prevent heart disease? Those answers and more in this episode of our Wednesday Webinar series from June 15, 2011 with John Lasala, MD, PhD, director of the cardiac catheterization lab at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
  • Heart disease is the leading killer of women, but many do not realize their risk. Cardiac surgeon Jennifer Lawton, MD, explains symptoms, risk factors and prevention.
  • In 2010, Jonathan Sadowski became the first patient at Barnes-Jewish to recieve a combined heart/kidney transplant, a new procedure allowing some patients after heart transplant to avoid dialysis.
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