The Structural Heart Disease Program
your partners for advanced interventional cardiology
Structural Heart Disease is a new branch of cardiology involving
catheter based treatment of heart conditions that used to be treatable
only with open heart surgery. Yet, even with advancements in today’s
technology, not all patients with the same condition are good
candidates for the same procedure. The University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine and UHealth – University of Miami Health System
provide an array of advanced services to the South Florida community
and beyond. Our multidisciplinary Structural Heart Disease program is
a resource to you and your patients dealing with challenging cardiac
issues.
Our Structural
Cardiology Team
Interventional Cardiology
Carlos Alfonso, M.D.
Mauricio Cohen, M.D.
Eddy De Marchena, M.D.
Alan Heldman, M.D.
University of Miami Hospital has 5 dedicated suites for interventional
cardiology, including a unique suite designed to combine minimallyinvasive percutaneous cardiovascular interventions with cardiovascular
surgical procedures. Our cardiac imaging program includes cardiac
CT, Cardiac MR, 3D Transthoracic and Transesophageal
echocardiography, and it is fully integrated with our advanced
structural heart disease program.
Claudia Martinez, M.D.
Mauro Moscucci, M.D.
William O’Neill, M.D.
Juan Zambrano, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery
Yet our team is only half of the equation. We are only at our best with
the partnership of the skilled and compassionate physicians who refer
their patients to us for interventional care.
Didier De Cannier, M.D.
Marco Ricci, M.D.
Don Williams, M.D.
Cardiac Imaging
Martin Bilsker, M.D.
Figure: Percutaneous
treatment of a mitral valve
paravalvular leak. Using the
transseptal approach, a glide
wire has been advanced into
the left ventricle across the
mitral valve leak in preparation
for closure.
To access any of our services, or for urgent
inquiries, call our Physician to Physician
Cardiovascular Access Line (UMax)
1-305-243-8300.
Joel Fishman, M.D.
Robert Hendel, M.D.
Maureen Lowery, M.D.
Melissa Tracy, M.D.
Howard Willens, M.D.
Interventional Services at UHealth
For the treatment of cardiovascular conditions and structural heart
disease:
• Diagnostic catheterization (coronary and peripheral)
• Complex angioplasty and stenting (coronary and peripheral)
• Carotid artery stenting
• Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects and PFO
• Percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defects (post
myocardial infarction)
• Mitral valvuloplasty
• Aortic valvuloplasty
• Percuataneous aortic valve replacement (investigational)
• Percuatenous closure of paravalvular leaks
• Direct left ventricular apical puncture
• Transseptal cardiac catheterization
• Atrial septostomy for pulmonary hypertension
• Tandem heart supported or Impella supported high risk PCI
• Stem cell therapy for ischemic and non ischemic
cardiomyopathy (investigational)
We offer our referring partners this pledge:
-To provide timely, thoughtful consultations with our lead physicians
on any case in which you are considering an interventional solution
on an as needed and expedited basis.
- To provide you with direct access to our structural heart disease
program for formal or informal consultations.
- To expedite the scheduling of your patients for interventional
procedures at UHealth.
- To expedite any tests or treatments needed for your patients, and to
minimize patients travel time and re-visits.
- To provide you with a full report of their care and outcomes in an
extremely timely manner.
- To provide an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to complex
conditions such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valvular heart
disease, paravalvular leaks or cryptogenic stroke.
Respectfully yours,
Mauro Moscucci, M.D., M.B.A.
Clinical Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
Chief, Cardiovascular Division
To access any of our services, or for urgent
inquiries, call our Physician to Physician
Cardiovascular Access Line (UMax)
1-305-243-8300.
CATH LAB EXPERTS
Catheter-based treatment
of structural heart disease
is rapidly evolving.
As technology advances,
and new treatment options
become available, one
thing remains the same:
the need for
interventionalists, cardiac
surgeons, general
cardiologists and cardiac
imaging specialists to
collaborate closely on the
care of each patient.
The University of Miami
Cardiovascular Program
offers one of the nation’s
most advanced programs
for the diagnosis and
percutaneous treatment of
a full spectrum of structural
heart conditions.
Unique procedures we
offer are available at few
other centers in the nation,
and offer opportunities for
patients with advanced or
complex disease to be
treated.