Advanced care for those with heart failure
We are the region’s leader in caring for heart failure patients, connecting them to the specialists, resources and therapies they need to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life.
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Advanced heart failure program
It takes a team to ensure that patients with advanced heart failure get the care they need and want. We work closely with you and, if appropriate, your family to understand your full heart and health history as well as your priorities moving forward. We gather just the right team, including cardiologists, surgeons, pulmonologists, social workers, dietitians and more, around you. Plus, we use insight from clinical trials to offer the latest in therapeutics, so your cardiac care plan will be as advanced as it is personalized.
What sets us apart
Integrated team
We offer a multidisciplinary team to evaluate, manage and treat your advanced heart failure.
Easy access
Our concierge-style practice ensures seamless coordination of care at every step. You focus on moving forward—we handle the rest.
Innovation
As clinical and research leaders, we ensure that you have access to the latest treatments that are right for your condition.
Treatment options
Medication and lifestyle changes usually are the first approaches to treat heart failure. If necessary, however, there are surgical options, which depend on the type, severity and progression of heart failure.
Medical treatments
- Inclusion in national heart failure clinical trials
- Management of intravenous therapy for advanced heart failure
- Cardiac critical care
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Endomyocardial (heart) biopsy
Interventional surgical treatments
- Evaluation for and implantation of ventricular assist device (LVAD)
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Heart transplantation
- Implantation of CardioMEMS™ Permanent Hemodynamic Monitor
- Percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (Impella®)
- Valve and/or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery for patients with heart failure