With CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRct) analysis, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano provides insight into the impact blockages have on blood flow in the heart – all without a trip to the cath lab. Especially for intermediate blockages, this advanced, noninvasive technology offers cardiologists critical information to determine if a blockage is not significant.
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano is the only site in Dallas-Fort Worth currently enrolling participants in the SOLVE CRT trial. This innovative trial is evaluating a new cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) system that delivers pacing stimulation from inside the left ventricle – possibly eliminating the need for traditional left ventricular lead placement.
As part of a national, multi-center, NIH-sponsored study, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano is comparing the effect of deep, low and moderate hypothermia during aortic arch surgery on post-surgery brain function and functional connectivity. Studies have confirmed the protective effect of induced hypothermia during cardiac surgery, but the new trial will analyze the ideal temperature for hypothermic circulatory arrest in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano is joining other national healthcare leaders to accelerate the field of precision medicine through the All of Us Research Program – the largest study of its kind ever executed in the U.S. The landmark study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will follow health and lifestyle information for 1 million participants across the country, providing extensive data to improve personalized care for future generations.
As the volume of ablation cases – and electrophysiology cases overall – has increased at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano so has the hospital’s reputation as a leader for quality outcomes in the field. Since the hospital opened in 2007, ablation case volumes have gone from just over 300 a year to more than 1,000.
