TAVR/Structural Heart

Structural heart disease, or cardiac defects that do not affect the heart’s blood vessels, often demand the combined services of the Heart & Vascular Institute’s interventional cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons.

Here are the highlights:

TAVR

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A replacement aortic valve placed within the original, via a catheter.

TMVR

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: A replacement mitral valve placed within the existing surgically replaced valve, via a catheter.

MitraClip

For patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation who are not candidates for traditional surgery. This procedure does not require opening the chest or stopping the heart temporarily.

PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale) Closures

A hole in the heart everyone is born with but only 25 percent of the general population retains.

Left Atrial Appendage Closures

When blood collects, then clots, in the left atrial appendage of patients with atrial fibrillation.

Our TAVR/Structural Heart Locations:

Heart & Vascular Institute at Hartford Hospital
85 Jefferson Street, Hartford, Suite 704
Heart & Vascular Institute at St. Vincent’s Medical Center
At St. Vincent’s Regional Heart and Vascular Center, we offer a range of cardiac treatments and surgical procedures for you and your loved ones performed by our expert cardiac care team.

Meet our Structural Heart Disease and TAVR Specialists:

	Specialties	Location
McAree, Patrick C., PA-C 4.7 /5 123 surveys 860.456.2898	Cardiovascular Medicine	Willimantic
Bleich, Steven, MD 860.522.0604	Cardiovascular Medicine	Glastonbury
Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC 203.265.9831	Cardiovascular Medicine	Wallingford Cheshire West Hartford Show Less
Pousatis, Sheelagh, MD 4.9 /5 82 surveys 860.696.5520	Cardiac Surgery	Hartford
Carroll, Lenore Ann, APRN 4.8 /5 187 surveys 860.636.2010	Cardiovascular Medicine	Middletown Old Saybrook Show Less
Altszuler, David Jay, MD 203.265.9831	Cardiovascular Medicine	Glastonbury Wallingford Show Less
Barbour, Mohamad Firas, MD 4.9 /5 177 surveys 860.242.8756	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bloomfield
Holub, Meredith Sullivan, DO 4.9 /5 192 surveys 860.524.4550	Pulmonary Medicine	Hartford Wethersfield Glastonbury Show Less
Srinivasan, Aparna, MD 203.845.2160	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwalk
Panetta, Andrew David, PA-C 860.696.5520	Cardiac Surgery	Hartford
Pawar, Sumeet Sanjeev, MD 4.9 /5 295 surveys 860.572.5400	Cardiovascular Medicine	Mystic Westerly Old Lyme Show Less
Dada, Marcin R., MD 4.8 /5 34 surveys 860.224.5694	Cardiovascular Medicine	New Britain Plainville Prospect Show Less
Nasir, Usama Bin, MD 4.8 /5 126 surveys 860.749.1985	Cardiovascular Medicine	Enfield
Alter, Eric Louis, MD, FACC, RPVI 203.254.2452	Cardiovascular Medicine	Fairfield Milford Stratford Show Less
Prisco, Jessica L., APRN 4.7 /5 125 surveys 860.886.0023	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwich
Diamond, Kristen Murrone, PA-C 860.242.8756	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bloomfield
Patel, Boskey, DO, FACC, FSCAI 860.524.3070	Interventional Cardiology	Hartford
Vlismas, Peter Paul, MD 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford Bridgeport Show Less
Jaffer, Osman Arif, MD, RPVI 4.7 /5 37 surveys 203.732.7455	Interventional Cardiology	Derby Oxford Show Less
Alvarez, Chikezie, MD 860.889.9180	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Norwich
Cole, Jennifer L., APRN, FNP-C 860.972.1212	Cardiovascular Medicine	Fairfield Trumbull Show Less
Peckham, Elizabeth Nicole, APRN 4.9 /5 54 surveys 860.886.0023	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwich Plainfield Show Less
Martin-Beaulieu, John, APRN 860.972.1506	Cardiac Electrophysiology	West Hartford
Jaiswal, Abhishek, MD 5.0 /5 75 surveys 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford Hamden Fairfield Bridgeport Show Less
Shippee, Jessica L., APRN 860.972.1695	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Beach, Yan, APRN 860.276.5107	Cardiovascular Medicine	Southington
Gifford, Edward D., MD, FSVS, FACS, RPVI 4.9 /5 84 surveys 860.522.4158	Vascular Surgery	Hartford Mystic Norwich Show Less
Kunkes, Jordan H., MD 4.9 /5 321 surveys 860.522.5712	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Bailey, Allison L., PA-C 4.9 /5 135 surveys 860.522.4158	Vascular Surgery	Glastonbury Farmington Mystic Norwich Show Less
Dasilva, Bliss, APRN	Cardiovascular Medicine	Cheshire Bloomfield Show Less
Swan, Alexa J., APRN 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford
Neveu, Jaclyn Rose, PA-C 4.9 /5 145 surveys 860.889.9180	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Norwich Wallingford Show Less
Powner, Jordan, DO 4.7 /5 105 surveys 860.524.4550	Pulmonary Disease	Enfield Hartford Willimantic Glastonbury Show Less
Leach, Olivia, PA-C 4.8 /5 57 surveys 860.696.5520	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Hartford
Sanabria, Christine, APRN 860.972.9495	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Russell, Jessica, APRN 203.576.5708	Cardiac Surgery	Bridgeport
Angeli, Angelina, APRN 203.678.1050	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Wallingford Bloomfield Show Less
Lobraico-Fernandez, Jessika, PA-C 203.683.5100	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bridgeport
O'Neill, Amanda, APRN 203.576.6177	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Bridgeport
Dawiczyk, Stephania, APRN, FNP 4.8 /5 172 surveys 860.886.0023	Vascular Surgery	Norwich Mystic Hartford Show Less
Ringuette, Keith, PA-C 4.7 /5 37 surveys 860.886.0023	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwich
Tobon, Karisa, PA-C 860.489.1132	Cardiovascular Medicine	Torrington
Kelleher, Sean, APRN 860.972.5499	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Miller, Alexa, APRN, DNP 203.445.7093	Cardiovascular Medicine	Trumbull Fairfield Show Less
Aitcheson, Elizabeth, MD, MPH, RPVI 4.9 /5 112 surveys 860.522.4158	Vascular Surgery	Hartford Mystic Norwich Show Less
Murusky, Kristen, APRN 203.867.5300	Cardiovascular Medicine	Guilford Branford Hamden New Haven Show Less
Sanders, Graig, PA-C 4.8 /5 263 surveys 203.867.5300	Cardiovascular Medicine	Guilford Hamden New Haven Branford Show Less
Reso, Jessica, PA-C 860.696.5520	Cardiac Surgery	Hartford
Wachtarz, Amber, APRN, DNP 4.8 /5 45 surveys 860.242.8756	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bloomfield
Bell, Jennifer, MD 5.0 /5 33 surveys 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford Bridgeport Show Less