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
Patrick C. McAree, PA-C 4.7 /5 123 surveys 860.456.2898	Cardiovascular Medicine	Willimantic
Steven Bleich, MD 860.522.0604	Cardiovascular Medicine	Glastonbury
Allison Seinmetz Padegimas, MD, FACC 203.265.9831	Cardiovascular Medicine	Wallingford Cheshire West Hartford Show Less
Sheelagh Pousatis, MD 4.9 /5 82 surveys 860.696.5520	Cardiac Surgery	Hartford
Lenore Ann Carroll, APRN 4.8 /5 187 surveys 860.636.2010	Cardiovascular Medicine	Middletown Old Saybrook Show Less
David Jay Altszuler, MD 203.265.9831	Cardiovascular Medicine	Glastonbury Wallingford Show Less
Mohamad Firas Barbour, MD 4.9 /5 177 surveys 860.242.8756	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bloomfield
Meredith Sullivan Holub, DO 4.9 /5 192 surveys 860.524.4550	Pulmonary Medicine	Hartford Wethersfield Glastonbury Show Less
Aparna Srinivasan, MD 203.845.2160	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwalk
Andrew David Panetta, PA-C 860.696.5520	Cardiac Surgery	Hartford
Sumeet Sanjeev Pawar, MD 4.9 /5 295 surveys 860.572.5400	Cardiovascular Medicine	Mystic Westerly Old Lyme Show Less
Marcin R. Dada, MD 4.8 /5 34 surveys 860.224.5694	Cardiovascular Medicine	New Britain Plainville Prospect Show Less
Usama Bin Nasir, MD 4.8 /5 126 surveys 860.696.1566	Cardiovascular Medicine	Enfield
Jessica L. Prisco, APRN 4.7 /5 125 surveys 860.886.0023	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwich
Kristen Murrone Diamond, PA-C 860.522.4158	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bloomfield
Boskey Patel, DO, FACC, FSCAI 860.524.3070	Interventional Cardiology	Hartford
Peter Paul Vlismas, MD 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford Bridgeport Show Less
Osman Arif Jaffer, MD, RPVI 4.7 /5 37 surveys 203.732.7455	Interventional Cardiology	Derby Oxford Show Less
Chikezie Alvarez, MD 860.889.9180	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Norwich
Jennifer L. Cole, APRN, FNP-C 860.972.1212	Cardiovascular Medicine	Fairfield Trumbull Show Less
Elizabeth Nicole Peckham, APRN 4.9 /5 54 surveys 860.425.4890	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwich Plainfield Show Less
John Martin-Beaulieu, APRN 860.972.1506	Cardiac Electrophysiology	West Hartford
Abhishek Jaiswal, MD 5.0 /5 75 surveys 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford Hamden Fairfield Bridgeport Show Less
Jessica L. Shippee, APRN 860.972.1695	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Edward D. Gifford, MD, FSVS, FACS, RPVI 4.9 /5 84 surveys 860.522.4158	Vascular Surgery	Hartford Mystic Norwich Show Less
Jordan H. Kunkes, MD 4.9 /5 321 surveys 860.522.5712	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Allison L. Bailey, PA-C 4.9 /5 135 surveys 860.522.4158	Vascular Surgery	Glastonbury Farmington Mystic Norwich Show Less
Bliss Dasilva, APRN	Cardiovascular Medicine	Cheshire Bloomfield Show Less
Alexa J. Young, APRN 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford
Jaclyn Rose Neveu, PA-C 4.9 /5 145 surveys 860.889.9180	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Norwich Wallingford Show Less
Jordan Powner, DO 4.7 /5 105 surveys 860.524.4550	Pulmonary Disease	Enfield Hartford Willimantic Glastonbury Show Less
Olivia Leach, PA-C 4.8 /5 57 surveys 860.696.5520	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Hartford
Christine Sanabria, APRN 860.972.9495	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Jessica Russell, APRN 203.576.5708	Cardiac Surgery	Bridgeport
Angelina Angeli, APRN 203.678.1050	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Wallingford Bloomfield Show Less
Jessika Lobraico-Fernandez, PA-C 203.683.5100	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bridgeport
Amanda O'Neill, APRN 203.576.6177	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Bridgeport
Stephania Dawiczyk, APRN, FNP 4.8 /5 172 surveys 860.886.0023	Vascular Surgery	Norwich Mystic Hartford Show Less
Keith Ringuette, PA-C 4.7 /5 37 surveys 860.886.0023	Cardiovascular Medicine	Norwich
Karisa Tobon, PA-C 860.489.1132	Cardiovascular Medicine	Torrington
Sean Kelleher, APRN 860.716.5348	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Alexa Miller, APRN, DNP 203.445.7093	Cardiovascular Medicine	Trumbull Fairfield Show Less
Elizabeth Aitcheson, MD, MPH, RPVI 4.9 /5 112 surveys 860.522.4158	Vascular Surgery	Hartford Mystic Norwich Show Less
Graig Sanders, PA-C 4.8 /5 263 surveys 203.867.5300	Cardiovascular Medicine	Guilford Hamden New Haven Branford Show Less
Jessica Reso, PA-C 860.696.5520	Cardiac Surgery	Hartford
Amber Wachtarz, APRN, DNP 4.8 /5 45 surveys 860.242.8756	Cardiovascular Medicine	Bloomfield
Jennifer Bell, MD 5.0 /5 33 surveys 860.972.1212	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant	Hartford Bridgeport Show Less
Corrie Asseo, PA-C 203.576.5708	Cardiac Surgery	Bridgeport
Christopher Phelan, MD, FACC 4.9 /5 234 surveys 860.522.5712	Cardiovascular Medicine	Hartford
Eric Louis Alter, MD, FACC, RPVI 203.254.2452	Cardiovascular Medicine	Milford Stratford Fairfield Show Less