Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
In service to MEDICINE since 1879.
Fletcher Allen Cares for Matters of the Heart
As an academic medical center, our mission is to find new ways to solve health-related problems. We’re proud to be one of only 45 hospitals chosen to participate in a medical trial called TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), a revolutionary treatment for aortic stenosis, a common heart disease.
Aortic stenonis restricts blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body. When aortic stenosis becomes severe and symptoms develop, it is life-threatening. According to research, without effective treatment, as many as 50 percent of aortic stenosis patients with severe symptoms die within one year. Approximately 100,000 Americans and 300,000 people worldwide have been diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis; close to one-third of these patients are deemed too high risk for open-heart surgery.
Fletcher Allen’s TAVI research team of University of Vermont Medical Group specialists, led by Dr. Harold Dauerman and Dr. Joseph Schmoker, are studying whether a new treatment can be approved for use in the U.S. Read about Fletcher Allen’s New Heart Surgery Clinical Trial (TAVI) >>
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Heart and Vascular Health If you or someone you love has a heart problem, you want to know that you’re getting the best care possible. At Fletcher Allen, our nationally-recognized team of more than 20 UVM Medical Group cardiologists and heart surgeons provide treatment for everything from prevention to cardiac catheterization, from heart rhythm disorders to bypass surgery. Learn More >> |
Chest and Heart Surgery Diseases involving the heart and chest are treated by UVM Medical Group cardiothoracic surgeons at Fletcher Allen. This group has performed thousands of life-saving surgeries throughout its substantial history, which dates back to the 1950s. Learn More >> |
As director of our Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratories, Dr. Dauerman has spent his career studying cardiology treatment options for high risk patients. |
A Cardiothoracic surgeon, Joe Schmoker, M.D., specializes in minimally invasive surgical heart surgery. |
Dr. Dauerman on TAVI Heart Trial
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