Advanced Heart Failure Care
Cardiologists who are board-certified in advanced heart failure offer the highest level of care for people with severe heart failure and different cardiomyopathies.
Complex Heart Failure Experts
Physicians who specialize in advanced heart failure have training and expertise beyond general cardiologists or internists. We help people manage severe heart failure and most types of cardiomyopathies with the most advanced treatments and the latest surgical and non-surgical techniques.
Each patient is unique—our focus is to create and help you implement the most personalized plan to help reduce symptoms and improve your quality of life. Some patients benefit from specialized medication and devices as well as non-surgical treatments to widen valves or open blocked arteries. For others, the best option may be open-heart surgery. We refer patients for transplant therapy if appropriate.
Treatments may include:
- Goal directed medical management: Choosing the right combination of medications can be tricky. Our advanced HF providers have the expertise to order the right combination of medicines to reduce symptoms, prevent hospital admissions, and increase quality of life. You will be seen regularly at the Heart Failure Clinic to manage your symptoms.
- Access to the HF multidisciplinary team: Includes highly-trained cardiologists, nurse practitioners, cardiothoracic surgeons, HF coordinator, pharmacists, dietitians, nurses, social workers, and palliative care providers.
- CardioMEMS HF System: A device that allows us to remotely identify the fluid load on your heart prior to you ever experiencing symptoms of shortness of breath and swelling. This means we can treat you faster.
- Ventricular Assist Device (VAD): A device that helps the ventricles of the heart pump blood to the rest of the body. The VAD can be surgically implanted in patients who have severe heart failure with limited options.
Treatments We Offer
- Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
- Home inotrope infusion
- CardioMEMS
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)
- HeartLogicTM remote heart failure monitoring system
- Barostim
- Optimizer Smart Mini
- Heart Failure Home Health Program
- Palliative care
- Heart failure clinics
- Clinical trials