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Structural Heart & Valvular Care

Structural Heart & Valvular Care

Northside Hospital Heart Institute’s structural and valvular heart program is a collaborative effort between our interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons. Our program offers a range of innovative treatments for different forms of heart valve disease. The structural clinic provides specialty care to those patients with conditions that affect the flow of blood in the heart or are at risk for stroke. We offer minimally invasive treatment options as well as hybrid approaches for complex cases.

Structural Heart Procedures

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device (LAAO) - Watchman & Amulet:
an innovative device that lowers the risk of stroke for patients with nonvalvular AFib. This procedure is a permanent implant that allows patients to stop long-term use of blood thinners used to treat AFib.

MitraClip/Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions (TMVI):
for patients who have been diagnosed with a leaky mitral valve, causing severe mitral regurgitation. Patients who cannot tolerate traditional surgery may be candidates for MitraClip, in which the mitral valve is accessed with a catheter guided through a vein in the leg to reach the heart.

Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)/Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closures:
for patients with congenital heart defects, or holes in the heart, can undergo a minimally invasive procedure with a closure device that deployed via catheter.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR):
is a procedure for select patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are not candidates for traditional open chest surgery or are high-risk operable candidates.

Meet Our Team

Cesar Cruz Aguilar, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (685 ratings)

Allison Dupont, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (705 ratings)

Fredy El Sakr, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (470 ratings)

Alok Gambhir, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Cardiology, Electrophysiology

4.8 out of 5 (675 ratings)

Azad Karim, MD Specialties: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Yeunjung Kim, MD Specialties: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.8 out of 5 (44 ratings)

Christopher Leach, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (824 ratings)

Mark Leimbach, MD Specialties: Cardio-Oncology, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology

4.8 out of 5 (556 ratings)

Joshua Lovelock, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (1356 ratings)

Thomas Middour, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Cardiology, Electrophysiology

5 out of 5 (69 ratings)

Ankit Patel, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (697 ratings)

Yuri Pride, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.8 out of 5 (1488 ratings)

Philip Romm, MD Specialties: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.7 out of 5 (2298 ratings)

Niraj Sharma, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiology

4.8 out of 5 (777 ratings)

Salim Thabet, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.8 out of 5 (847 ratings)

Pradyumna Tummala, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (1210 ratings)

Michele Voeltz, MD Specialties: Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Women's Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (341 ratings)

Ramal Weragoda, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (905 ratings)

Lourens Willekes, MD Specialties: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
David Wilson, MD Specialties: Structural Heart Disease Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiology

4.9 out of 5 (864 ratings)

Alan Winston, MD Specialties: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
James Wolfe, MD Specialties: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
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