Centro de trastornos de las válvulas

Valve Disorders Center provides comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis and treatment for patients with structural heart disease

A multi-disciplinary team of interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and imaging specialists on the medical staff, combined with a specialized nursing team, treat aortic and mitral valve disease.

Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth offers comprehensive, on-site cardiovascular imaging and radiology services. Ideally, patients undergo thorough, quality testing in a single visit that allows heart doctors to develop a personalized diagnostic and treatment plan.

Valve disorder conditions treated in Fort Worth

Aortic valve stenosis
Aortic valve regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse
Mitral valve regurgitation
Mitral valve stenosis
Tricuspid valve regurgitation

Specialized valve repair interventions

The expert team of interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, imaging specialists and specialized nurses in our Fort Worth Valve Disorders Center treat aortic and mitral valve disease using these interventions:

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which is now approved for low-risk open-heart surgery patients
Transcatheter mitral valve repair
Evaluation for mitral valve repair (over replacement), which is the preferred option for long-term survival with fewer complications in most cases
Minimally invasive valve repair and replacement using sternal sparing, port-access approaches

A medical illustration showing a close-up of a valve repair

Mitral Valve Disease Program
Interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons on the medical staff in our Fort Worth heart hospital treat both degenerative mitral valve disease and functional mitral valve conditions
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TAVR procedure repairs woman's heart

Jackie Shrode struggled to complete the most simple of tasks. When she woke up with severe chest pain, she went to the heart doctors on the medical staff at Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Fort Worth where she received a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to fix her aortic stenosis heart condition.

Patient Jackie Shrode talks about how a TAVR procedure performed at our Fort Worth heart hospital repaired her heart

Cowboy gets back in the saddle after aortic stenosis

When Johnny Hudson started feeling weak, he thought he would have to sell his horse. Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital - Fort Worth performed a procedure to treat his aortic stenosis and got him back to doing what he loves.

Valve Disorders Center provides comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis and treatment for patients with structural heart disease

Valve disorder conditions treated in Fort Worth

Specialized valve repair interventions

Mitral Valve Disease Program

Interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons on the medical staff in our Fort Worth heart hospital treat both degenerative mitral valve disease and functional mitral valve conditions

TAVR procedure repairs woman's heart

Cowboy gets back in the saddle after aortic stenosis