Structural Heart Program
The Structural Heart Program brings innovative techniques for treating life-threatening heart disorders to the Big Bend region that are available only at select hospitals across the country. This new treatment model is a collaborative effort between interventional cardiologists, heart surgeons and other allied health professionals to provide patients with more collaborative, efficient care.
The Structural Heart Program is a collaborative effort to deliver the best possible treatment plan and outcomes for patients with structural heart conditions.
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We are one of few hospitals in the nation replacing the aortic valves of patient who are ineligible for surgery
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MitraClip is a new device that is used to clip together the leaflets of the mitral valve and stop the valve from leaking.
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Our Team
The core of the structural heart program is a multidisciplinary team of specialists from interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiac anesthesia and other allied health professionals, all working together in our state-of-the-art Heart and Vascular Center.
The Structural Heart Team, pictured from left to right: Penny Burroughs, RN, BSN; Julian E. Hurt, MD; Thomas E. Noel, MD; Wayne B, Batchelor, MD; James Totten, MD; Shafi G. Mohamed, MD and James O’Neill, MD
Close Collaboration Among Heart Specialists
This innovative approach to patient care allows for a multidisciplinary evaluation close collaboration on a treatment plan. It provides patients with a more informed, effective and patient-centered model of cardiovascular care.
Innovative Techniques
Our team is at the forefront of providing innovative techniques to treat life-threatening heart disorders:
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
- Balloon aortic valvuloplasty
- Balloon mitral valvuloplasty
- Transcatheter mitral valve repair (available within research protocol)
- Other innovative and state of the art percutaneous cardiac interventions