Structural Heart Center

Expert, Multidisciplinary Care

The Structural Heart Center provides expert, multidisciplinary care for abnormalities of the heart and great arteries, including the heart muscle, heart valves and their supporting structures.

What is Structural Heart Disease?

Structural Heart surgeons Dr. Liu and Dr. Chu prepare for a valve repair procedure

Structural heart disease is any abnormality of the heart and great arteries, which may involve the heart muscle, heart valves and/or their supporting structures.

Traditional open heart surgery used to be the only effective option for most structural heart conditions. Now, our interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons also perform many nonsurgical and hybrid procedures for structural heart disease.

Structural Heart Conditions We Treat

Aortic Valve Disease
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Septal Defect
Cardiogenic Shock
Cardiomyopathy

Mitral Valve Disease
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent Foramen Ovale
Pulmonary Valve Disease
Tricuspid Valve Disease
Ventricular Septal Defect

Advanced Therapy for Aortic Stenosis

Heading Off Heart Failure

Valerie walked out of the hospital the day after her aortic valve was replaced through a minimally invasive procedure and said she felt like a clock had turned back ten years.

BIDMC Patient Terry Chadbourne underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement and is now back on the golf course.

How Terry Got His Game Back

Although not a candidate for open heart surgery, BIDMC patient Terry Chadbourne instead underwent a new, less invasive procedure: transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). It wasn't long before Terry returned to the golf course.

Watch Terry's Story