Heart & Vascular News

Arlene Thomas, 54, of Oakville, MO, was used to setting up deliveries of donor organs to Barnes-Jewish Hospital by helicopter. On June 30, she received one of those deliveries and a heart transplant.

Washington University cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Alan Braverman, MD, and an international panel of experts in the diagnosis and management of Marfan syndrome – a potentially fatal genetic disorder – have published new diagnostic criteria, thus simplifying the evaluation process for physicians.

Washington University surgeons performed the first combined heart-kidney transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital June 2 and 3 on Jonathan Sadowski, 20, of O’Fallon, MO. The transplant offers hope for other area patients suffering from both heart and kidney failure.

Washington University physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital have a new, pencil-sized device to help blood flow in patients with severe heart failure or cardiogenic shock.

While Washington University physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital pioneered the first successful procedure to treat atrial fibrillation in the ‘80’s, they are on the forefront in treating the irregular heartbeat with two procedures.