Structural heart
The structural heart program focuses on the surgical treatment of heart disease and other vascular conditions. Surgical options may include repairing or replacing damaged valves through methods such as TAVR and SAVR.
Comprehensive structural heart care in Plantation, Florida
HCA Florida Westside Hospital is leading the way in advanced cardiovascular treatments for structural heart conditions.
These conditions may include heart valve disease that causes valves to narrow, leak or become blocked. Working together, our multidisciplinary care team will create an individualized treatment plan to help preserve and restore your cardiovascular health.
Is your heart healthy?
Understanding your heart health is critical to getting the care you need. We offer a health risk assessment to help get you started.
Understanding your heart health is critical to getting the care you need. We offer a health risk assessment to help get you started.
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Structural heart conditions
We offer treatment options that help save and improve lives for people who have various heart conditions that impact the structure of the heart. These conditions include:
- Aortic stenosis
- Congenital openings between heart chambers
- Heart vessel (coronary artery) blockage
- Intolerance to anticoagulants
- Prosthetic valve failure
- Regurgitation
Our structural heart program
The structural heart team at our valve clinic is committed to providing you with excellent care according to best practice guidelines.
Specialty surgical treatment options we offer
Based on your surgical risk, diagnostic testing, and individual evaluation, our structural heart team may recommend surgery as one of your best options. In those cases, we offer specialty procedures that include:
Heart valve surgery
At our hospital, diseased heart valves may require open surgical intervention with our experienced cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiovascular staff.
Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO)
This surgery is a first-of-its-kind, proven alternative to long-term warfarin (anticoagulant medication) therapy for stroke-risk reduction in people who have non-valvular AFib.
Mitral regurgitation treatments
If you are considered to be high- or prohibitive-risk for conventional valve repair or replacement surgery, we now offer you a catheter-based alternative.
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