Healthcare: Cardiovascular Medicine

Advanced Heart Failure Clinic and Transplant Cardiology

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The Baylor Medicine Advanced Heart Failure Clinic provides patients with the diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure with an emphasis on pathophysiology, therapeutics, and prevention as well as the humanistic, moral, and ethical aspects of transplant medicine. The program also offers combined heart-kidney, heart-liver, and heart-lung transplants to eligible patients with end-stage heart failure and multisystem organ involvement. Our multidisciplinary team provides acute and chronic cardiovascular disease, emphasizing accurate ambulatory and bedside clinical diagnosis. 

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There’s every reason to choose Baylor Medicine

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Ranked #13 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital Rankings 2021-22 for Cardiology and Heart Surgery and #1 in Houston, Texas.

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Ranked High Performing Hospitals for Heart Failure.

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Successful EvaHeart LVAD implant done by our Advanced Heart Failure team.

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Our top-rated, world-class surgical teams have performed over 1,600 heart transplants and over 1,500 Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) implants.

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Diagnosis include:

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  • Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
  • Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  • Cardiogenetic shock
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Amyloid heart disease
  • Sarcoid heart disease
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Inherited (genetic) cardiomyopathies
  • Adult congenital heart disease
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Heart valve disease
  • Heart rhythm disorders
  • Hypertensive heart disease
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Advanced services include:

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  • Heart transplantation, including multiorgan transplantation
  • Ventricular assist devices
  • Temporary mechanical circulatory support
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support
  • Percutaneous and surgical valve replacement
  • Complex coronary angioplasty and stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG surgery)
  • Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
  • Myocardial biopsy
  • Pulmonary artery pressure sensor device implantation
  • Remote cardiac monitoring
  • Cardiac contractility modulation
  • Genetic testing
  • Personalized medical therapy for heart failure
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Advanced Heart Failure FAQs

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Learn more about advanced heart failure.

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Advanced Heart Failure Clinic and Transplant Team

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Our doctors are experts in advanced heart failure including pathophysiology, therapeutics, prevention, and heart transplant.

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Clinical Trials

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Learn more about all the clinical trials offered at Baylor Medicine related to the heart.

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