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Structural Heart Program

Structural heart disease encompasses conditions due to abnormalities of the heart’s structures, above and beyond coronary artery disease.

Structural Heart Services refers to our Multidisciplinary Heart Team that evaluates and treats these conditions, typically through catheter-based, minimally invasive therapies.

Who We Are

We have an expert Heart Team with more expertise than any other team in the region, including:

National leaders in transcatheter valve replacement and valve program development
Co-Chair the ACC/AHA national guidelines on valvular heart disease
Authors for multi-professional society statements on transcatheter valve replacement and transcatheter valve program development
Co-Director for international courses on transcatheter valve therapies

We are proud to call the University of Washington Medical Center our home. US News and World Reports has ranked UWMC the #1 hospital in Washington State for 8 years in a row. We have a broad team of specialized cardiac anesthesiologists, intensive care specialists, advanced care practitioners, and nurses that are all well versed in the care of heart valve disease. Our hospital has the newest technology in advanced endovascular devices, hybrid operating rooms and intensive care unit resources. We see and treat hundreds of patients each year with complex aortic conditions and believe that being a high-volume center leads to improved patient results.

Providing World-Class Care

We have the infrastructure to care for complex patients, including:

World-class, accredited echocardiography lab
Expert partners in treatment of complex coronary artery disease
Integrated care for advanced heart failure/ventricular assist device and transplant service
24-hour cardiothoracic intensive care services led by cardiac surgery, cardiac anesthesiology, critical care medicine
Full scope of ancillary services such as social work, nutrition, respiratory therapy, physical/occupational/speech therapy, and other subspecialists

We have exceptional combined experience, unmatched by any other site in the region.