Adult Structural Heart Disease
Managment of adult structural heart disease (ASHD) at the University of Louisville is focused on adult patients with congenital or acquired structural heart disease. Our team are experts at the diagnosis and treatment of adult congenital and acquired anomalies of the heart. We offer consultative and diagnostic services to patients and their families and provide a comprehensive and definitive treatment plan. Currently, apart from medical management, two treatment strategies exist for treatment of congenital and acquired cardiac structural defects, namely, surgical (open-chest/heart) and transcatheter (percutaneous or catheter-based). Our interventional and surgical team is able to address disorders of the heart with minimally invasive methods.
Our service offers interaction with, specialist nurses, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons and includes the following services:
Patient ASHD Evaluation and Diagnosis
Ambulatory Clinic
Evaluation of new and returning ASHD patients
Coordinate testing, risk assessment and initiation of medical therapy
Echocardiography/Non-invasive Hemodynamics
Tissue Doppler and strain echocardiography to evaluate cardiac mechanics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy/Computed Tomography:
Assessment of cardiac morphology
Treatment for Congenital and Acquired Anomalies of the Heart
Interventional Cardiology
Catheter-based therapies
Cardiac Surgery
Surgically-based therapies
