St. Luke’s Heart Care Expands In Bucks Co. Community

SELLERSVILLE, PA — St. Luke’s Grand View Campus is expanding its cardiology team to more than a dozen practitioners, including seven general cardiologists, an interventional cardiologist and advanced practitioners to offer new cardiac specialties.

“The partnership with St. Luke’s is a game-changer,” says Mitchell Greenspan, MD. “Not only does it mean additional physicians, resources and access to advanced technology for local patients right here in our community, it allows us to streamline the experience for heart patients from diagnosis to treatment and monitoring of chronic conditions.”

As part of this transition, St. Luke’s Cardiology Grand View (formerly Grand View Cardiology Buxmont) has expanded with the addition of experienced general cardiologists Francis X. Burt, MD, Michael Durkin; MD, Jovan D. Plamenac; MD and Tarick S. Sheikh, MD.

New specialists recently added to the team include electrophysiologist Hardik D. Mangrolia, MD, and heart failure specialist Evan Joye, MD, enabling the team to provide comprehensive access to advanced heart care onsite.

Grand View heart and vascular patients benefit from coordinated, streamlined care with St. Luke’s, an eight-time nationally ranked 50 Top Heart Hospital. St. Luke's performed its first open heart surgery in 1983 and continues to be the first in the region to pioneer new and advanced surgeries, technologies and treatments.

Among the many innovations that will enhance heart care for Grand View patients is St. Luke’s use of advanced artificial intelligence, combined with echocardiograms, to detect and monitor potentially serious heart conditions before patients begin experiencing symptoms.

People with suspected heart disease may be able to reduce the need for more invasive cardiac testing as the result of a new non-invasive computed tomography (CT scan) test introduced by the network this past spring.

Most recently, St. Luke’s Heart specialists were among the first in the nation to perform a tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR). The innovative procedure can significantly improve patients’ quality of life and reduce the risk of severe complications such as heart failure and atrial fibrillation.

“Incredible progress is being made in how we repair hearts and manage chronic disease,” says Michael Durkin, MD. “Cardiology has become highly specialized. At St. Luke’s, we have the expertise to assure patients receive personalized care from the cardiologist best suited to manage their heart care, close to home.”