The Johns Hopkins Broccoli Aortic Center provides comprehensive multispecialty care for people with complex aortic conditions. Our world-class experts in cardiology, heart and vascular surgery, genetics and radiology combine their expertise to offer tailored treatment approaches, including innovative surgical techniques. Our team’s advanced training and experience often allow us to offer treatments that may not be available elsewhere.
The program is nationally ranked for cardiology and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. This ranking reflects our exceptional team-based approach to care across multiple specialties.
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Your care in the Broccoli Aortic Center is supported by decades of experience in all facets of aortic conditions — medical, genetics, and surgery. Many treatments are true “bench to bedside” efforts, and innovative research can bring the best clinical insights and therapeutics to you, to make your surgery safer, less invasive, and more durable.
James Black, Vascular Surgeon
Conditions We Treat
- Aortic aneurysm
- Aortic root aneurysm
- Ascending aortic aneurysm
- Aortic arch aneurysm
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Acute aortic dissection
- Chronic aortic dissection
- Aortic valve diseases
- Aortic valve stenosis
- Aortic regurgitation
- Connective Tissue Disorders
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Problems related to previous aortic surgery that are addressed with repeat (reoperative) aortic surgery.
Our endovascular program represents the next frontier in aortic care, allowing us to treat complex conditions with less-invasive approaches. We're constantly innovating to expand these options to more patients.
Mehrdad Ghoreishi, Cardiac Surgical Director
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our center specializes in assessments and surgical and minimally invasive procedures for conditions affecting the aorta, including complex and life-threatening conditions. We offer a full spectrum of care from imaging to postsurgical follow-up and symptom management.
We also offer screening for inherited aortic conditions for people with relevant family history.
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Yes, to schedule an appointment, patients should have been referred to see a cardiac surgeon in the past 12 months. While we do not ask for a referral letter, when you call to schedule you will be asked for your diagnosis and the name of the referring doctor.
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TAVR is offered through the Aortic Center as part of the Transcatheter Interventions for Structural Heart Disease program. At the Aortic Center, we can help you decide on the best treatment option for aortic valve disease.
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Our center specializes in treatments for adults with aortic conditions, including adults living with or newly diagnosed with congenital heart anomalies. Children are treated at the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center at Johns Hopkins.
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Surgeries are performed in our state-of-the-art facilities at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in downtown Baltimore and Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Leading up to the surgery, you may have consultations and other appointments at the hospital or at one of our outpatient clinics in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metro areas. Video visits may be available for follow-up care.
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Yes, every year, many patients come to us from around the world for a second opinion. Our center provides comprehensive second opinion consultations regarding the diagnosis and management of aortic disease, helping patients confirm diagnosis and treatment options.
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where our aortic surgeries take place, is nationally ranked for cardiology and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. This ranking reflects our exceptional team-based approach to care across multiple specialties.