Overview
Andrew B. Civitello, MD FACC is Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Co-director of the Advanced Heart Failure Center of Excellence and Program Director for the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. He has achieved board certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Civitello treats the entire spectrum of heart failure, with special clinical and research interest in novel therapies, mechanical circulatory support and transplantation. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles for major scientific journals and spoken professionally in both national and international forums.
Dr. Civitello is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperlipoproteinemia Type 5. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Ventricular Tachycardia, Heart Transplant, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 71 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
6720 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030
7200 Cambridge St, Houston, TX 77030
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Civitello has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
5 Clinical Trials
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Heart FailureDr. Civitello isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Advanced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Civitello isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Civitello isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Heart TransplantDr. Civitello isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Pulmonary EdemaDr. Civitello isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Edema.
- Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Civitello isAdvanced. Learn about Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Civitello isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Civitello isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Civitello isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Civitello isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Civitello isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Civitello isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.