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UT Southwestern Advanced Heart Failure at Amarillo
1660 Point West Parkway
Amarillo, TX 79124 (Directions)
214-645-5505
New Patient Appointment or 214-645-5505
Patients who need treatment for advanced heart failure, evaluation for a ventricular assist device (VAD), or potential heart transplantation can be referred to the University Hospital Advanced Heart Failure clinic at Amarillo.
Advanced heart failure patient characteristics include:
- More than one hospitalization or emergency department visit in the last year for congestive heart failure
- Systolic blood pressure of greater than 100 mm Hg
- Labile renal function (rising creatinine and blood urea nitrogen)
- Inability to tolerate beta blockers or ACE inhibitors
- Persistent New York Heart Association Functional Classification of three or four symptoms (shortness of breath while dressing, showering, or walking one block)
- Unintentional weight loss
- "Non-responder" to biventricular pacing
Physician Referrals
Physicians can call 877-391-1528 to make a referral for a patient.
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