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Heart Failure

About Our Heart Failure ProgramMore than 700 new heart failure patients are seen each year by our heart failure specialists. As a leading heart and vascular center, we provide aggressive medical therapy, implantable heart rhythm devices, state-of-the-art surgical options--and one of the largest left ventricular assist device programs in the country.
What Causes Heart Failure?Know the underlying conditions, signs and symptoms that could indicate heart failure.
Heart Failure Consultation Board-certified heart doctors dedicated to treating advanced heart failure.
Artificial Heart DevicesWe use the latest technology for both temporary and long-term artificial support.
Ventricular Assist DevicesReliable, effective, long-term support from one of the nation's leading LVAD programs.
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Heart Transplant

Overview of heart transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

  • Overview of heart transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Ventricular Assist Devices help heart failure patients survive while either waiting for a donor heart … or helping a failing heart beat instead of receiving a transplant.
  • How is heart transplant patient Megan Moss doing one year after receiving a donor heart from Washington University surgeon I-wen Wang, MD, PhD? Outstanding to say the least. Find out in this video.
  • Cardiologist, Barnes-Jewish & Washington University Heart & Vascular Center
  • Cardiologist, Barnes-Jewish & Washington University Heart & Vascular Center
  • 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.
  • Overview of cardiac surgery program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Dr. I-Wen Wang narrates an animated feature on how using the Impella 5.0 helps a patient in congestive heart failure strengthen their heart.
  • In 2010, Jonathan Sadowski became the first patient at Barnes-Jewish to receive a combined heart/kidney transplant, a new procedure allowing some patients after heart transplant to avoid dialysis.
  • Larry Bonds knows he’s a lucky man. He’s made it through several major heart-related health issues, including technically dying twice. He’s also a heart transplant recipient—and it saved his life.
  • 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of heart transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine. The program s medical director and cardiologist Greg Ewald, MD, talks about where the program began and where it is now.
  • Cardiologist, Barnes-Jewish & Washington University Heart & Vascular Center