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Christopher

  • March 6, 2024
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Christopher
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
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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.

Redefining advanced heart failure

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

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.

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