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:

Meet our Structural Heart Disease and TAVR Specialists:

Name Specialties Location
McAree, Patrick C., PA-C McAree, Patrick C., PA-C
4.7 /5
123 surveys
860.456.2898
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Willimantic
Bleich, Steven, MD Bleich, Steven, MD 860.522.0604
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Glastonbury
Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC 203.265.9831
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Wallingford
  • Cheshire
  • West Hartford
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Pousatis, Sheelagh, MD Pousatis, Sheelagh, MD
4.9 /5
82 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Carroll, Lenore Ann, APRN Carroll, Lenore Ann, APRN
4.8 /5
187 surveys
860.636.2010
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Middletown
  • Old Saybrook
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Altszuler, David Jay, MD Altszuler, David Jay, MD 203.265.9831
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Glastonbury
  • Wallingford
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Barbour, Mohamad Firas, MD Barbour, Mohamad Firas, MD
4.9 /5
177 surveys
860.242.8756
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Bloomfield
Holub, Meredith Sullivan, DO Holub, Meredith Sullivan, DO
4.9 /5
192 surveys
860.524.4550
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Hartford
  • Wethersfield
  • Glastonbury
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Srinivasan, Aparna, MD Srinivasan, Aparna, MD 203.845.2160
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Norwalk
Panetta, Andrew David, PA-C Panetta, Andrew David, PA-C 860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Pawar, Sumeet Sanjeev, MD Pawar, Sumeet Sanjeev, MD
4.9 /5
295 surveys
860.572.5400
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Mystic
  • Westerly
  • Old Lyme
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Dada, Marcin R., MD Dada, Marcin R., MD
4.8 /5
34 surveys
860.224.5694
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
  • Plainville
  • Prospect
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Nasir, Usama Bin, MD Nasir, Usama Bin, MD
4.8 /5
126 surveys
860.242.8756
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Bloomfield
  • Enfield
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Alter, Eric Louis, MD, FACC, RPVI Alter, Eric Louis, MD, FACC, RPVI 203.254.2452
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Fairfield
  • Stratford
  • Milford
  • Fairfield
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Prisco, Jessica L., APRN Prisco, Jessica L., APRN
4.7 /5
125 surveys
860.886.0023
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Norwich
Diamond, Kristen Murrone, PA-C Diamond, Kristen Murrone, PA-C 860.242.8756
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Bloomfield
Patel, Boskey, DO, FACC Patel, Boskey, DO, FACC 860.524.3070
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Hartford
Vlismas, Peter Paul, MD Vlismas, Peter Paul, MD 860.972.1212
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
  • Hartford
  • Bridgeport
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Jaffer, Osman Arif, MD, RPVI Jaffer, Osman Arif, MD, RPVI
4.7 /5
37 surveys
203.732.7455
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Derby
Cole, Jennifer L., APRN, FNP-C Cole, Jennifer L., APRN, FNP-C 860.972.1212
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Fairfield
  • Trumbull
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Peckham, Elizabeth Nicole, APRN Peckham, Elizabeth Nicole, APRN
4.9 /5
54 surveys
860.886.0023
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Norwich
  • Plainfield
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Martin-Beaulieu, John, APRN Martin-Beaulieu, John, APRN 860.972.1506
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • West Hartford
Jaiswal, Abhishek, MD Jaiswal, Abhishek, MD
5.0 /5
75 surveys
860.972.1212
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
  • Hartford
  • Hamden
  • Fairfield
  • Bridgeport
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Shippee, Jessica L., APRN Shippee, Jessica L., APRN 860.972.1695
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hartford
Beach, Yan, APRN Beach, Yan, APRN 860.276.5107
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
  • Southington
Gifford, Edward D., MD, FSVS, FACS, RPVI Gifford, Edward D., MD, FSVS, FACS, RPVI
4.9 /5
84 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Mystic
  • Norwich
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Kunkes, Jordan H., MD Kunkes, Jordan H., MD
4.9 /5
321 surveys
860.522.5712
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hartford
Bailey, Allison L., PA-C Bailey, Allison L., PA-C
4.9 /5
135 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Glastonbury
  • Farmington
  • Mystic
  • Norwich
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Neveu, Jaclyn Rose, PA-C Neveu, Jaclyn Rose, PA-C
4.9 /5
145 surveys
860.889.9180
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Norwich
  • Wallingford
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Powner, Jordan, DO Powner, Jordan, DO
4.7 /5
105 surveys
860.524.4550
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Enfield
  • Hartford
  • Willimantic
  • Glastonbury
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Leach, Olivia, PA-C Leach, Olivia, PA-C
4.8 /5
57 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Hartford
Ali, Ayyaz, MD, PhD Ali, Ayyaz, MD, PhD
4.8 /5
61 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Russell, Jessica, APRN Russell, Jessica, APRN 203.576.5708
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Bridgeport
Angeli, Angelina, APRN Angeli, Angelina, APRN 203.678.1050
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Wallingford
  • Bloomfield
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Lobraico-Fernandez, Jessika, PA-C Lobraico-Fernandez, Jessika, PA-C 203.683.5100
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Bridgeport
O'Neill, Amanda, APRN O'Neill, Amanda, APRN 203.576.6177
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Bridgeport
Dawiczyk, Stephania, APRN, FNP Dawiczyk, Stephania, APRN, FNP
4.8 /5
172 surveys
860.886.0023
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Norwich
  • Mystic
  • Hartford
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Ringuette, Keith, PA-C Ringuette, Keith, PA-C
4.7 /5
37 surveys
860.886.0023
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Norwich
Welch, Karisa, PA-C Welch, Karisa, PA-C 860.489.1132
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Torrington
Kelleher, Sean, APRN Kelleher, Sean, APRN 860.972.5499
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hartford
Miller, Alexa, APRN, DNP Miller, Alexa, APRN, DNP 203.445.7093
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Trumbull
Aitcheson, Elizabeth, MD, MPH, RPVI Aitcheson, Elizabeth, MD, MPH, RPVI
4.9 /5
112 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Mystic
  • Norwich
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Murusky, Kristen, APRN Murusky, Kristen, APRN 203.867.5300
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Guilford
  • Branford
  • Hamden
  • New Haven
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Sanders, Graig, PA-C Sanders, Graig, PA-C
4.8 /5
263 surveys
203.867.5300
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Guilford
  • Hamden
  • Branford
  • New Haven
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Reso, Jessica, PA-C Reso, Jessica, PA-C 860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Wachtarz, Amber, APRN, DNP Wachtarz, Amber, APRN, DNP
4.8 /5
45 surveys
860.242.8756
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Bloomfield
Bell, Jennifer, MD Bell, Jennifer, MD
5.0 /5
33 surveys
860.972.1212
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
  • Hartford
  • Bridgeport
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Asseo, Corrie, PA-C Asseo, Corrie, PA-C 203.576.5708
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Bridgeport
Phelan, Christopher, MD, FACC Phelan, Christopher, MD, FACC
4.9 /5
234 surveys
860.522.5712
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hartford
Sangasy, Vanmaly, APRN Sangasy, Vanmaly, APRN
4.9 /5
194 surveys
860.963.7519
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Putnam