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Structural Heart and Heart Valve Disease

If you have a problem with one of your heart valves, or with the walls or chambers of your heart, you have structural heart disease. It’s important to get care for these complex conditions from a team of experts in the latest, most effective treatments.
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The University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center team has decades of experience in diagnosing and treating structural heart disease. We’re experts in treating conditions that include:

  • Aortic stenosis
  • Atrial septal defect (ASD)
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Mitral valve regurgitation
  • Tricuspid valve disease
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

We’ve treated thousands of patients with complex structural heart and valve disease, using the latest technology and the newest treatments that you can’t get anywhere else.

Whether you were born with your heart condition or developed it later, our specialists can help you feel better and live longer.

Iowa's most comprehensive center

The UI Heart and Vascular Center has the largest structural heart and valve disease program in the state.

Our interventional cardiologists perform Iowa’s largest volume of many minimally invasive procedures, including mitral valve repair and aortic valve replacement. And they have years of experience that have built their expertise in even the most complex procedures. It all adds up to excellent outcomes for our patients.

As an academic medical center, we also research and refine the next generation of treatments. In many cases, we’re the only center in the state where you can receive the very latest therapies as part of national and global clinical trials.

When you choose UI Health Care, you have access to the widest range of the most advanced treatments for all types of structural heart and valve disease.

Seamless care for a lifetime

A heart condition that’s congenital, or present at birth, requires lifelong care. UI Health Care is the only place in Iowa where children with congenital heart disease can get seamless care from infancy to adulthood.

When you develop a long-term relationship with your care team, they can closely monitor and track your heart function. They’re familiar with the problems that you face as you age, and they’re experts in the latest therapies.

Our approach to structural heart and valve disease care

When you choose the UI Heart and Vascular Center for your heart care, your experience begins with an appointment with an interventional cardiologist. Depending on your condition, you might also see a heart surgeon or other specialists in separate appointments.

Your care team of heart specialists includes:

  • Interventional cardiologists
  • Cardiovascular surgeons
  • Cardiac imaging specialists
  • Cardiac anesthesiologists
  • Advanced practice providers

Your providers will schedule a series of tests. These tests will help them get a full look at the anatomy of your heart so they can diagnose your condition or confirm a diagnosis you already have. If you don’t live near a UI Health Care campus, we can give your local hospital instructions for performing the tests.

When the test results are in, your team will make a detailed plan for your care. Depending on your condition, overall health, and unique anatomy, your plan could include:

  • Monitoring through regular checkups
  • Medication
  • A cardiac catheterization procedure
  • Heart surgery
  • Heart transplant

Structural heart and valve test and treatments

  • Cardiac MRI
  • Chest X-ray
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Exercise stress test
  • Heart Surgery (Minimally Invasive)
  • Heart transplant
  • Heart valve surgery
  • Holter or event monitor
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
  • Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)
  • Nuclear stress test
  • Pacemaker
  • Paravalvular leak closure
  • Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
  • Transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement (MitraClip)

Structural heart and valve disease conditions treated

  • Aortic stenosis
  • Aortic valve regurgitation
  • Atrial septal defect (ASD)
  • Damaged artificial heart valve
  • Heart valve disease
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
  • Left atrial appendage occlusion
  • Mitral valve regurgitation
  • Paravalvular leak (PVL)
  • Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
  • Tricuspid valve regurgitation
  • Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
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  • Heart and Vascular Services
    • Cardiac Imaging
      • Coronary Calcium Scan (Calcium Score test)
    • Cardiac Rehabilitation
    • Cardiology
      • Angina
      • Aortic Aneurysm
      • Atherosclerosis
      • Coronary artery disease
      • Echocardiogram
      • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
      • Pulmonary Hypertension
    • Cardio-Oncology
    • Cardiovascular Genetics
    • Cardiac Electrophysiology
      • Atrial Fibrillation
      • Atrial Flutter
      • Cardiac Ablation
      • Cardioneuroablation
      • Convergent Procedure
      • Heart Palpitations
      • Lead Extraction
      • Pacemaker
      • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
      • Remedē® System
    • Heart Failure
      • Cardiac Amyloidosis
      • CardioMEMS™ Heart Failure System
      • Sarcoidosis
    • Heart Surgery
      • Aortic Valve Surgery
      • Heart Transplant
      • ECMO: Heart and Lung Life Support
        • A Family Guide to ECMO
        • Criteria for ECMO
        • ECMO Training Course
        • Immediately Contact the ECMO Team
        • The Iowa Difference for ECLS Care
        • Welcome from the ECMO Director
      • Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
    • Interventional Cardiology
      • Atherectomy
      • Complex and High Risk Interventional Procedures (CHIP)
      • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Angioplasty)
      • Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device (Impella)
    • Structural heart and heart valve disease
      • Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
      • Left Atrial Appendage Closure (Watchman Device)
      • Paravalvular Leak (PVL) Closure
      • Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
      • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
      • Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair (MitraClip)
      • Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement
    • Vascular Surgery
      • Deep vein thrombosis
      • Peripheral Artery Disease
      • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)
      • Varicose Veins and Spider Veins

Our Care Team

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Jason
Allen
MD

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Rajiv Devanagondi, MD portrait

Rajiv
Devanagondi
MD

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Ramzi
El Accaoui
MD

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4.76 out of 5 (660 ratings)
Phillip Horwitz, MD portrait

Phillip
Horwitz
MD

  • Heart and Vascular
4.80 out of 5 (806 ratings)
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James
Rossen
MD

  • Heart and Vascular
4.61 out of 5 (624 ratings)
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Kimberly
Staffey
MD

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4.89 out of 5 (386 ratings)
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Mohammad
Bashir
MBBS

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
4.80 out of 5 (927 ratings)
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Anthony L.
Panos
MD

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
4.78 out of 5 (357 ratings)
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Arun K.
Singhal
MD, PhD

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
4.67 out of 5 (659 ratings)
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Margery
Amelon
ARNP

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Rachel
Becker
MSN-FNP

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4.87 out of 5 (345 ratings)
Melissa Collier, ARNP portrait

Melissa
Collier
ARNP

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
Lana Goldsmith, ARNP portrait

Lana
Goldsmith
ARNP

  • Heart and Vascular
4.82 out of 5 (419 ratings)
Suzanne Hennings, ARNP, MSN portrait

Suzanne
Hennings
ARNP, MSN

  • Heart and Vascular
4.88 out of 5 (351 ratings)
Randi J. Key, ARNP portrait

Randi J.
Key
ARNP

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Becky
Schafer
ARNP, MSN, BSN, ADN

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Jessica
Stevens
ARNP

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
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DeJaynes
PA-C

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery

Structural Heart Nurse Coordinator

  • Angela Kipp, RN, BSN
  • Erin Walsh, RN, BSN

Research Coordinator

  • Amy Ollinger, RN, BSN

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Heart and Vascular Center
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Awards and Recognition

National leaders in treating heart disease
The UI Heart and Vascular Center is accredited as a comprehensive care center by the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA). The rigorous ACHE accreditation process lets patients, family members, and health care providers know where to find expert care for congenital heart disease.
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