The Duran Center provides patients who have valve disease with individualized, comprehensive evaluation and treatment recommendations from an expert team of cardiothoracic surgeons, interventional cardiologists, cardiac imaging specialists and electrophysiologists along with specially trained nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses.

The shared expertise and collegial communication among all the members of the team ensures patients receive an optimal treatment plan based on established guidelines and standards of care. Special attention is given to the patient in navigating through the health care system, streamlining testing and office visits.

Patients evaluated in the Duran Center for Heart Valve Disease will receive recommendations such as conventional surgical intervention, catheter-based procedures with our structural heart team, or medical management. We include the patient’s primary care team and referring provider in all of our recommendations.