Heart Failure

HOW TO REFER A PATIENT

For urgent referrals or inpatient transfers, please call UAB MIST (Medical Information Service via Telephone) at 1-800-UAB-MIST (1-800-822-6478) mist@uabmc.edu. UAB MIST is a toll-free, 24-hour service that connects physicians anywhere in the country with UAB Medicine specialists.

MEET OUR PROVIDERS

Charles Warren Hoopes, MD

Robert C. Bourge, MD

Waldemar A. Carlo, MD

Ayman Haj Asaad, MD

William L. Holman, MD

Joanna Joly, MD

Andrew J. Lenneman, MD

Salpy Veronica Pamboukian, MD

F. Bennett Pearce, MD

Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD

Indranee N Rajapreyar, MD

Jose' A. Tallaj, MD

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

The UAB Advanced Heart Failure Program offers a comprehensive range of medical management expertise, surgical options, and mechanical circulatory support devices, including one of the region’s most active left ventricular assist device (LVAD) programs. Our services are well suited for patients with:

Heart failure symptoms despite medical therapy
Frequent hospitalizations for decompensated heart failure
Impaired quality of life due to heart failure
Evidence of end organ involvement, such as renal failure or liver congestion
End-stage coronary disease not eligible for revascularization
Ventricular tachycardia and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks unresponsive to therapy

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FEATURED EDUCATION

HEART FAILURE GUIDELINES & PROGRAM

0.50
CME/CE

29
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