MUSChealth.org/heart | 1 MUSC HEALTH HEART & VASCULAR CENTER WELCOME FROM DR. DI SALVO Dear Friends, This year marks my fifth year as chief of the MUSC Health Heart & Vascular Center, which includes a premier, multidisciplinary heart failure program. I’ve seen our patients come through the doors apprehensive – even fearful. Sometimes their doctors have recommended our Heart & Vascular Center; other times, patients have been told there is nothing that can be done to improve the quality of their lives, let alone lengthen them. This publication is filled with examples of hope-filled paths that the MUSC Health Heart & Vascular Center offers. When patients work with our team of experts, their fears fade. From admission to years after they are back home again, our patients feel like they are part of a caring family that partners with them as they take a life path filled with possibilities. At the MUSC Health Heart & Vascular Center, you are the boss. As my colleague Dr. Anthony Carnicelli noted, “We are not here to tell patients what to do. We empower them by sharing information about therapies, procedures, medications and lifestyle changes so they can make informed and educated decisions.” In our hands, with premier technology and groundbreaking procedures, patients have better survival rates, lower risk of stroke and fewer complications such as pump failure or pump stoppage because of clots. It is an honor to serve at the MUSC Health Heart & Vascular Center. We will continue to work collaboratively, with passion and dedication, to ensure that if your heart fails, we will not fail you. Sincerely, Dr. Thomas Di Salvo, M.D., MPH ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AORTIC CENTER ARRHYTHMIA CENTER CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION CARDIAC REHABILITATION CARDIO-ONCOLOGY CARDIOTHORACIC ANESTHESIOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS CHEST PAIN CENTER CONGENITAL HEART PROGRAM HEART HEALTH PROGRAM HEART SURGERY SERVICES STRUCTURAL VALVE CARE VASCULAR SERVICES COMPREHENSIVE HEART & VASCULAR CARE To schedule an appointment, call 843-792-1952 “We are not here to tell patients what to do. We empower them by sharing information about therapies, procedures, medications and lifestyle changes so they can make informed and educated decisions.”
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