The Use of DCD Organs Sees Renewed Focus at UPMC | UPMC Physician Resources
David J. Kaczorowski, MD, discusses the use of donation after circulatory death organs at UPMC.
Lifetime Management of the Aorta: Surgical Intervention | UPMC Physician Resources
The 2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Lifetime Management of the Aorta brought together experts to explore current gold standard management techniques, strategies for overcoming complex medical management issues, technical pearls for challenging surgical interventions, and the importance of the provision of support resources for treatment of the aortic patient across the lifespan. View the presentations focusing on surgical intervention.
Lifetime Management of the Aorta: A Multidisciplinary Journey | UPMC Physician Resources
The 2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Lifetime Management of the Aorta brought together experts to explore current gold standard management techniques, strategies for overcoming complex medical management issues, technical pearls for challenging surgical interventions, and the importance of the provision of support resources for treatment of the aortic patient across the lifespan. View the presentations focusing on a multidisciplinary journey.
Experts at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Perform 400th Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair | UPMC Physician Resources
In January 2023, cardiovascular experts at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside performed the center’s 400th TEER procedure.
UPMC Cardiothoracic Transplant: Innovative and Multidisciplinary | UPMC Physician Resources
From robotic and completely minimally invasive coronary artery bypass (CAB), to expanding the lung and heart transplant donor pool by adopting novel protocols, and paving the way for advanced treatment of Ebstein’s anomaly, UPMC cardiothoracic experts continue a legacy of research and innovation that spans four decades.
UPMC & Pitt Researchers Awarded $14.3 Million for Cardiovascular, Dementia Research | UPMC Physician Resources
Stephen Chan, MD, director, Vascular Medicine Institute; director, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and medicine, is the principal investigator of an interdisciplinary team of researchers from UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh who are studying the causes of inflammation that leads to cardiovascular disease and dementia.
A New Hybrid Operating Room Opens at UPMC East | UPMC Physician Resources
In March 2023, UPMC East unveiled a new hybrid room that combines the advanced tools and equipment of a catheterization lab and an operating room. This newly renovated space will be home to a range of vascular services and will provide the opportunity for patients to receive innovative care closer to home.
Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve in Congenital Heart Disease Patients | UPMC Physician Resources
In May 2021, Bryan Goldstein, MD, and his team at the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s became one of the first sites nationwide to implant the Harmony™ transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV), a newly approved device by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This collaborative effort has allowed Arvind Hoskoppal, MD, director of the UPMC Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, to treat a much larger cohort of congenital heart disease patients than were previously amenable to transcatheter PVR.
UPMC Cardiovascular Experts Implanted the first Micra™ AV2 Leadless Pacemaker System in Pennsylvania | UPMC Physician Resources
Experts at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute performed the first Micra™ AV2 implant, the latest advancement in industry-leading miniaturized, leadless pacemakers, on Thursday, May 11. UPMC is the first center in the state and the region to leverage this new technology.
2023 Heart Valve Symposium: Aortic Valve Disease | UPMC Physician Resources
The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Heart Valve Symposium is an annual CME-accredited symposium featuring a range of discussions about the latest advancements in diagnosis, treatment, and management for patients with complex valve and structural heart disease. The 2023 symposium included in-depth discussions about transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the future of surgical aortic valve replacement, mitral and tricuspid valve repair, upcoming clinical trials, and more.
View the presentations focusing on aortic valve disease.
2023 Heart Valve Symposium: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease | UPMC Physician Resources
The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Heart Valve Symposium is an annual CME-accredited symposium featuring a range of discussions about the latest advancements in diagnosis, treatment, and management for patients with complex valve and structural heart disease. The 2023 symposium included in-depth discussions about transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the future of surgical aortic valve replacement, mitral and tricuspid valve repair, upcoming clinical trials, and more.
View the presentations focusing on mitral and tricuspid valve disease.
2023 Heart Valve Symposium: Future of Heart Valve Disease | UPMC Physician Resources
The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Heart Valve Symposium is an annual CME-accredited symposium featuring a range of discussions about the latest advancements in diagnosis, treatment, and management for patients with complex valve and structural heart disease. The 2023 symposium included in-depth discussions about transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the future of surgical aortic valve replacement, mitral and tricuspid valve repair, upcoming clinical trials, and more.
View the presentations from the last section of the 2023 symposium, “What Does the Future Look Like.”
Lung Transplant for COVID-19-Associated Lung Failure: The Pandemic’s Next Challenge | UPMC Physician Resources
Pablo Sanchez, MD, PhD, FACS, provides commentary on lung transplants that were performed at UPMC for end-stage lung failure caused by COVID-19 infection.
Robotic Bronchoscopy Across UPMC | UPMC Physician Resources
Omar Awais, DO; Rajeev Dhupar, MD; Ryan Levy, MD; Troy Moritz, DO; and Matthew Schuchert, MD, provide commentary on two robotic bronchoscopy platforms in use across UPMC.
Innovations in Transplantation: UPMC Performs Heart-Liver Transplant | UPMC Physician Resources
David J. Kaczorowski, MD, reviews how UPMC teams collaborate to do dual-organ transplants including combined heart-kidney and heart-lung transplants in addition to heart-liver transplant.
2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium – Session I | UPMC Physician Resources
The 2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium brought together world-renowned pediatric and adult cardiologists, congenital cardiac surgeons, and adult cardiac and transplant surgeons to explore the evolution of management strategies in this complex patient population, including medical therapy, transcatheter interventions, rhythm-management device implantation, surgical intervention, and heart or combined organ transplantation. Importantly, this course discussed emerging technologies and techniques for cardiac imaging in these patients. Lifestyle considerations for patients living with Fontan-Kreutzer such as exercise, pregnancy, and mental health were also discussed.
View the presentations focusing on living with a Fontan-Kreutzer circulation.
2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium – Session II | UPMC Physician Resources
The 2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium brought together world-renowned pediatric and adult cardiologists, congenital cardiac surgeons, and adult cardiac and transplant surgeons to explore the evolution of management strategies in this complex patient population, including medical therapy, transcatheter interventions, rhythm-management device implantation, surgical intervention, and heart or combined organ transplantation. Importantly, this course discussed emerging technologies and techniques for cardiac imaging in these patients. Lifestyle considerations for patients living with Fontan-Kreutzer such as exercise, pregnancy, and mental health were also discussed.
View the presentations focusing on screening and interventions during the lifespan of a Fontan-Kreutzer.
2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium – Session IV | UPMC Physician Resources
The 2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute International Fontan-Kreutzer Symposium brought together world-renowned pediatric and adult cardiologists, congenital cardiac surgeons, and adult cardiac and transplant surgeons to explore the evolution of management strategies in this complex patient population, including medical therapy, transcatheter interventions, rhythm-management device implantation, surgical intervention, and heart or combined organ transplantation. Importantly, this course discussed emerging technologies and techniques for cardiac imaging in these patients. Lifestyle considerations for patients living with Fontan-Kreutzer such as exercise, pregnancy, and mental health were also discussed.
View the presentations focusing on heart and heart/liver transplantation.
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Shares Outcomes of Clinical Trial for Atrial Fibrillation | UPMC Physician Resources
Chinmay Patel, MD, director of electrophysiology, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Central Pa., was one of the principal investigators of the ADVENT trial - a pivotal clinical trial investigating an innovative technology to correct paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). The promising outcomes of the study were presented at ESC Congress 2023, the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine on August 27, 2023.
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Conducting Live Cases at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference | UPMC Physician Resources
Experts from the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute conducted two live cases at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference (TCT) on Oct. 24, 2023.
Continuing the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute’s legacy of clinical excellence and innovation, we were one of 18 distinguished medical centers performing live cases at the meeting.
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Introduces Center for Aortic Disease Patients | UPMC Physician Resources
In January 2023, the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute unveiled the Center for Aortic Disease. This multidisciplinary center is dedicated to offering comprehensive care for aortic disease patients throughout their lives.
UPMC Heart and Vascular Experts to Present at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2023 | UPMC Physician Resources
The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute was well-represented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2023 in Philadelphia on Friday, Nov. 10 to Monday, Nov. 13. Our experts lectured and presented research abstracts on a number of important cardiovascular topics.
Heart Donation After Circulatory Death: New Findings from UPMC Experts Shows DCD Hearts Can Be Safely Used to Reduce Waitlist Times and Achieve Outcomes Similar to Hearts from Brain-Dead Donors | UPMC Physician Resources
Experts from the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, UPMC Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and UPMC Department of Surgery recently published new research regarding donation after circulatory death (DCD) in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Nicholas Hess, MD, was first author of the study with Yeahwa Hong, MD, Pyongsoo Yoon, MD, Johannes Bonatti, MD, Ibrahim Sultan, MD, Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD, Danny Chu, MD, Gavin Hickey, MD, Mary Keebler, MD, and David Kaczorowski, MD, collaborating as part of the research team.
UPMC Announces Heart Institute Expansion at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh | UPMC Physician Resources
UPMC will construct a new Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, elevating care and technology in pediatric cardiology for patients and their families.
UPMC Children’s Heart Institute Implants Its First Leadless Pacemaker in Pediatric Heart Patient | UPMC Physician Resources
A team from the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute implanted its first leadless pacemaker in a pediatric heart patient in late-October 2023.
Central Pa. UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute are First in U.S. to Evaluate New TAVR Stroke Prevention System | UPMC Physician Resources
Physicians from the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC Harrisburg are the first structural interventional cardiologists in the U.S. to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a filtration system to prevent blood clots that would be released during the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure from traveling to the brain and causing a stroke.
Hemal Gada, MD, president of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Central Pa., and Paul Mahoney, MD, co-director of the structural heart program, are principal investigators in a groundbreaking trial to evaluate the Emblok™ Embolic Protection System.
Vascular Surgeon Nathan Liang Receives 2024 Travel Award from the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society | UPMC Physician Resources
The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute congratulates Nathan Liang, MD, MS, FACS, FSVS, on receiving the 2024 Travel Award from the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society.
Continued Expertise in Women’s Care: APPs at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Participate in ACC’s Cardio-Obstetrics Conference | UPMC Physician Resources
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is proud to have a number of physicians who specialize in Cardio-Obstetrics including Malamo Countouris, MD; Natasha Wolfe, MD; and Agnes Koczo, MD.
