Center for Valve Disorders | Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital

Comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis and treatment plans for patients with valvular heart disease

The Center for Valve Disorders is a high-volume program in Dallas that performs minimally invasive treatment options for structural heart disease patients. Patients have access to the following:

All evaluations and testing can be completed same day in a single location, making it easier on the patient and family
Comprehensive, advanced on-site imaging
Compassionate and experienced interventional cardiologists, non-invasive cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, advanced practice providers and cardiac nurses on the care team are specially trained in the treatment of valvular heart disease
The Dallas valve disorders center offers multiple options for high-risk patients, including access to all major clinical research trials
Close contact with referring providers to keep them abreast of patients’ treatment plans and progress after their assessment and heart valve procedure

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U.S. News & World Reportawarded Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas High Performing in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for 2020 - 21.

Specialized interventions for valve disorders

Physicians on the medical staff at the Center for Valve Disorders here in Dallas are highly skilled and experienced in both open and percutaneous procedures

Aortic valve disease

Minimally invasivesurgical aortic valve repair/replacement
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with severe aortic stenosis at high, medium and low risk for surgical intervention
Transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve replacement for degenerated aortic valve bioprosthesis in patients with aortic stenosis or aortic insufficiency
Clinical trials involving asymptomatic aortic stenosis patients, new-generation valves and cerebral embolic protection

Mitral valve disease

Minimally invasive surgical mitral valve repair
Transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip therapy for patients at high risk for surgical intervention
Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement for degenerated mitral prosthesis in patients with mitral regurgitation or mitral stenosis
Balloon mitral valvuloplasty for patients with mitral stenosis
Clinical trials involving functional and symptomatic mitral regurgitation or mitral stenosis through transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement using new generation technology

Other interventions

WATCHMAN device for percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion
Percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure
Percutaneous atrial septal defect closure
Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Heart valve conditions we treat in Dallas

Aortic valve disease

Aortic valve stenosis
Aortic valve regurgitation or insufficiency
Bicuspid aortic valve

Mitral valve disease

Mitral valve regurgitation or insufficiency
Mitral valve stenosis

Pulmonary valve disease

Pulmonary valve stenosis
Pulmonary valve regurgitation or insufficiency

Tricuspid valve disease

Tricuspid valve stenosis
Tricuspid valve regurgitation or insufficiency

Patient referrals to the Center for Valve Disorders

Patients referred to the Center for Valve Disorders are evaluated and treated by a multidisciplinary team of cardiac physicians with advanced expertise in the treatment of valve disease. This team includes interventional and non-invasive cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and imaging specialists committed to providing innovative, quality care.

The entire team collaborates with one another and with patients’ referring physicians to determine treatment plans based on age, medical history, type and stage of valve disease and disorder and personal preferences.

Valve replacement and ascending aortic aneurysm

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