As a result of the historic collaboration between Baylor
Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital and
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort
Worth, Baylor Heart and Vascular Services at Fort Worth
continues to expand the service offerings for cardiac
patients within the 26,000 square foot diagnostic and
treatment center including the four heart catheterization
and electrophysiology labs.
The significant capital expended in prior fiscal years
and during fiscal year 2017 helped propel the ability to
deliver enhanced cardiovascular services. The cardiac
catheterization and electrophysiology rooms realized
record-breaking volumes; reinforcing the continued
need for additional programs and services. For example,
during fiscal year 2017, the cardiologists on the medical
staff and the clinical leadership worked together to launch
the Valve Disorders Center and Heart Rhythm Center.
The Valve Disorders Center takes a unique approach
to the care pathway for aortic stenosis patients. Every
patient is assessed by a multidisciplinary team of
interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons working
together with imaging specialists and the nursing team.
As much as possible, the patient’s diagnostic work-up and
assessment is completed in a single visit; facilitated by
a dedicated nursing navigator. The center is capable of
offering specialized interventions including:
• Minimally invasive repair and replacement using
sternal sparing, port-access approaches
• Transcatheter mitral valve repair
• Evaluation of mitral valve repair over replacement
• Available in fiscal year 2018: Transcatheter aortic
valve replacement (TAVR)
Total PCI
cases (FY17)
Diagnostic
cases (FY17)
Source: CPM/DMS
STEMI STATS
Door-to-balloon time for those who experience a ST-
segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is
an important measurement. Baylor Heart and Vascular
Services at Fort Worth in fiscal year 2017 had a median
time for immediate PCI for STEMI patients of 57
minutes. While this i s better than national average, there
are continual efforts to work closely with transferring
facilities around Tarrant and surrounding counties to
improve the door-to-balloon time. The national guideline
remains 90 minutes.
For the second year in a row, Baylor Scott
& White All Saints Medical Center –
Fort Worth earned Cycle V Chest Pain
Center Accreditation from the Society
of Cardiovascular Patient Care. It is the
highest designation for heart attack care,
and recognizes Baylor Scott & White – Fort Worth for
using best care practices that allow clinicians to reduce
time to treatment during the critical early stages of a
heart attack.
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth has advanced cardiac imaging available on a
512-slice CT scanner. The CT angiography available with this CT is an important piece of the care continuum for
Baylor Heart and Vascular Services at Fort Worth.
With the skill of the cardiac surgeons on the medical staff at
Baylor Scott & White – Fort Worth and their collaboration
with the cardiologists, a record-number of mitral valve
surgeries were completed in fiscal year 2017. Cardiac
surgery is performed within the Baylor Scott & White
– Fort Worth operating suites. Today, the Mitral Valve
Disease Center is available to treat patients with mitral
stenosis, mitral regurgitation and mitral valve prolapse.
Working together, interventional cardiologists and cardiac
surgeons on the medical staff treat both degenerative mitral
valve disease as well as functional mitral valve conditions.
1,570
541
1,029
Cardiac
catheterization
cases (FY17)
Interventional Cardiology – Fort Worth
73