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Advanced heart failure clinics and specialist centres

2 clinics and specialist centres with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence.

Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of BookimedUpdated 8 October 2026Sources linked throughout

At a glance

Advanced heart failure clinics and specialist centres differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Advanced heart-failure care may treat a reversible coronary or valve problem, support the circulation with an LVAD, or assess transplantation. These are different pathways with different eligibility and long-term care requirements.

2 named clinics and specialist centres

Duke University Hospital, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW.

Sources: Duke Center for Aortic Disease combines cardiothoracic and vascular surgery · Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Repeated admissions can signal a need for specialist review

Severe symptoms and intolerance of treatment despite maximally tolerated care are also referral indicators.

Sources: AHA: advanced heart-failure referral

Transplant assessment is not a transplant slot

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Entrance of Duke University Hospital
Duke University Hospital entrance, from Duke Health’s official hospital-location image. · Photo source

United States · Durham, North Carolina

Duke University Hospital

Advanced heart failure clinical focus

Duke’s advanced heart-failure service includes transplantation, durable LVADs, temporary ECMO and total artificial-heart support under Schroder’s surgical leadership.

    Procedures and specialists
    aortic valve repairvalve-sparing root replacementaortic arch and thoracoabdominal repairthoracic endovascular aortic repairheart transplantationLVADECMOtotal artificial heartselected surgery with severely reduced LV function
    Jacob N. Schroder →Read the clinic profile ↗

    What this means for your choiceThe linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods.

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    Sources: Jacob N. Schroder named Surgical Director for Advanced Heart Failure

    Clinical staff speaking with a patient on the HDZ NRW cardiac surgery department page
    Photograph published by HDZ NRW’s Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. · Photo source

    Germany · Bad Oeynhausen

    Heart and Diabetes Center NRW

    Advanced heart failure clinical focus

    HDZ NRW combines transplantation and mechanical circulatory support with dedicated VAD coordinators. Its heart-failure service connects inpatient care, outpatient follow-up and ongoing device support.

      Procedures and specialists
      heart transplantationmechanical circulatory supportVAD follow-upintegrated heart failure care
      Jan Gummert →Read the clinic profile ↗

      What this means for your choiceThe linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods.

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      Sources: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · Heart failure centre

      Clinical benefits and trade-offs

      Potential advantages

      Trade-offs and limits

      • LVADs require ongoing equipment and device care; transplantation requires continuing anti-rejection treatment. Both need dependable support after discharge.

        Sources: AHA: advanced heart-failure options

      How these clinics and specialist centres were selected

      This list contains 2 clinics and specialist centres with a documented advanced heart failure focus in our source-linked directory. It is an editorial shortlist, not a census or an outcome ranking.

      Institutional expertise and published study results are identified separately. An individual doctor may participate in several treatment pathways; a study of one procedure does not establish outcomes for another.

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