The Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Team has the most active advanced heart failure program in the region, providing innovative medical and state-of-the art surgical solutions for patients with cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and cardiogenic shock. The program is the only program to offer durable mechanical circulatory left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) in the region, and has performed over 1,000 heart transplants in 30-plus years of clinical experience.
The Advanced Heart Failure program is actively engaged in performing clinical, basic and translational research. The program also offers a one-year ABIM certified training program in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation.
Director
Clinical expertise
- A multidisciplinary team of specialists provides a collaborative, compassionate approach to care of patients with advanced heart failure
- Expert care of acutely decompensated heart failure patients
- Expert care of patients with cardiogenic shock including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Mechanical devices for stabilization, bridge to transplant or destination therapy
- One-, three- and five-year transplant survival rates that surpass national statistics
- Robust heart failure management program, including:
- Tailored medical therapy
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy/ICD therapy
- High-risk myocardial revascularization
- Investigational drugs and devices available only through clinical research trials
Contact Information
Referring Physicians: 314-362-1291
Patients: 314-362-1291 or 888-210-8375
Ambulatory Cancer Building-Siteman Cancer Center
- Physical Address: 4500 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
4500 Forest Park Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Physical Address: 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Barnes-Jewish West County Medical Office Building 3
Heart & Vascular Center in West County
- Physical Address: 1020 North Mason Road, Creve Coeur, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
1020 N. Mason Road, Suite 200
Creve Coeur, MO 63141 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Blessing Health Center West
Heart And Vascular Center at Quincy
- Physical Address: 927 Broadway Street, Quincy, IL, USA
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Mailing Address:
927 Broadway
Suite 230
Quincy, IL 62301 - Phone: 217-214-3424
Center For Advanced Medicine (CAM)
Washington University and Barnes Jewish Heart & Vascular Center
- Physical Address: 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
4921 Parkview Place Suite 8A
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Monday – Friday: 9 am – 4 pm and Saturday: 9 am – 1:30 pm
Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM) South County
Heart & Vascular Center in South County
- Physical Address: 5201 Midamerica Plaza, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
5201 Midamerica Plaza, Suite 2300
St. Louis, MO 63129 - Phone: 314-362-1291
Freeman Heart & Vascular Institute
Heart & Vascular Institute at Joplin
- Physical Address: 1102 West 32nd Street, Joplin, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
1102 West 32nd Street
Suite 300
Joplin, MO 64804 - Phone: 417-347-5000
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
- Physical Address: Missouri Baptist Medical Center, North Ballas Road, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
3015 N. Ballas Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63131 - Phone: 314-996-5000