Your heart deserves the best.
You put all your heart into all you do, that’s why you deserve the very best when it comes to your heart care. At Saint Alphonsus, we are proud to be the only hospital in Idaho to have earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). The three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality, places Saint Alphonsus among the elite for AVR surgery in the United States and Canada.
At Saint Alphonsus, we’re here for even your most complicated heart care needs, so you can put all your heart into all that you do.
Conditions Treated and Procedures Offered
Heart conditions can be overwhelming and oftentimes unexpected. At Saint Alphonsus, we are here to provide state-of-the-art, high-quality care for even the most complex conditions. Our multi-specialty team, lead by physician experts provide treatment for a variety of conditions and perform many modern procedures, including:
Conditions:
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart attack
- Aortic stenosis
- Aortic insufficiency
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral insufficiency
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic aneurysm
- Heart murmur
Procedures:
- CABG
- Aortic valve replacement
- TAVR, aortic valve replacement
- Mitral valve replacement
- Minimally invasive AVR and MVR
- Dissection repair
- Aneurysm repair
- MAZE procedure
- Aortic root replacement
- Bentall procedure
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center has earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for patient care and outcomes in isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery.
Meet the Medical Director – Robert Saeid Farivar, MD, PhD
Robert Saeid Farivar, MD, PhD, is specialty trained in cardiothoracic surgery and specifically in minimally invasive valve repair and replacement. He has performed over 2,000 valve surgeries including 1,000 AVR and 1,000 mitral repairs. He was the first surgeon in the US to perform commercial TAVR as well as the first in the US to perform Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Tendyne). He strives to give world class cardiac surgery care in a friendly, down to earth environment to achieve the best outcomes for every patient.
For more information on Dr. Farivar and Heart Valve Surgery visit Heart Valve Surgery.com.