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Advanced Heart Procedures

Unique Surgical and Non-Surgical Heart Treatments

From forward-thinking researchers to trailblazing surgeons and specialists, Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS St. John's Hospital is committed to bringing tomorrow’s visionary cardiac procedures right here to the heartland.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Procedure (TAVR)

 

Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS St. John’s Hospital was the first hospital in downstate Illinois to perform this visionary alternative to open-heart surgery in individuals who need a diseased heart valve replaced. In fact, Prairie physicians performed a double TAVR procedure in January 2016 - replacing two aortic valves at the same time. 

TAVR Technology

 

Watch and learn about this innovative heart treatment option.


Laser Lead Extractions

 

For patients with pacemakers, laser lead extraction offers a less invasive, more effective way to extract the device’s wires (or leads).

 

EP Ablations

 

During this advanced procedure to treat heart arrhythmia, an electrode catheter is used to cauterize the area of the heart causing the rhythm abnormalities.


WATCHMAN™ Procedure

 

Watchman™ is an umbrella-shaped filter about the size of a quarter. It is used to replace blood thinners in patients with atrial fibrillation.

 

MitraClip

 

MitraClip is used to treat mitral valve regurgitation in patients who are not candidates for open-heart surgery. 

MitraClip Technology
 

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Discover how a MirtrClip is changing heart care.


Micra Pacemaker

 

The Micra pacemaker is placed in the heart via a vein in the leg, so there is no chest incision, scar or bump. It is completely self-contained within the heart and 93% smaller than conventional pacemakers, or about the size of a large vitamin capsule.

 



Our faculty are pioneers in the innovation and development of new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the treatment of vascular and structural heart disease. All vascular physicians are active investigators in multiple clinical trials.
 
Research performed at Prairie Research and Education Cooperative (PERC) strengthens Prairie physicians' ability to have access to the most advanced treatments before the rest of the nation.

 

Catheterization Laboratory Procedures

 

•  Minimally invasive valve replacement (TAVR)

•  Abdominal aortic and thoracic aortic aneurysm endographs

•  Ablation of complex arrhythmias

•  Balloon angioplasty and drug-coated stents

•  Coronary rotational atherectomy

•  Carotid stents

•  Defibrillator implantation

•  Diagnostic cardiac catheterization

•  Electrophysiologic evaluation of complex arrhythmias

•  Evaluation of cardiac valves

•  Evaluation of congenital heart disease

•  Pacemaker implantation

•  Peripheral vascular interventions of both arteries and veins

Surgical Procedures

 

•  Beating heart bypass surgery

•  Coronary artery bypass graft surgery

•  General thoracic surgery

•  Heart valve replacement and repair

•  Laser pacemaker lead extraction

•  Minimally invasive atrial ablation surgery

•  Minimally invasive valve replacement or repair surgery

•  Pacemaker and defibrillator implantation

•  Vascular surgery (aortic, cerebrovascular, renal and peripheral)

Non-invasive Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures

 

•  Audicor testing

•  Bio-Z

•  Cardiac and vascular ultrasound

•  Cardioversions

•  Doppler exams

•  Electrocardiograms

•  Holter monitoring/Arrhythmia monitoring/Pacemaker checks

•  Nuclear stress testing

•  Pediatric Cardiology Clinic

•  Pre-admission testing (chest X-rays and blood tests)

•  Stress echocardiography

•  Transesophageal echocardiography