Dr. Uriel Katz Reviews

As a 28-year-old professional athlete, discovering I had an anomalous coronary artery was devastating. Dr. Katz performed a complex unroofing procedure that not only saved my career but allowed me to return to competitive swimming within months, with better cardiac efficiency than before.

My 7-year-old daughter was born with tetralogy of Fallot and needed her third corrective surgery. Dr. Katz's innovative approach using a new tissue-engineered valve means she may never need another operation, and she just joined her first soccer team.

At 82, I refused open-heart surgery for my aortic stenosis. Dr. Katz performed a transformative TAVR procedure while I was awake, playing my favorite classical music in the OR. I was gardening again two days later.

Our family has a rare genetic cardiomyopathy that affected three generations. Dr. Katz not only treated my mother's advanced heart failure with a novel medication protocol but established a family screening program that identified my teenage son's early signs, allowing preventive treatment.

As a war veteran with shrapnel near my heart since the 1970s, I developed dangerous arrhythmias. Dr. Katz used cutting-edge electroanatomical mapping to ablate the precise tissue around the metal fragments without disturbing them, something other cardiologists deemed too risky.

During my second trimester of pregnancy, I developed peripartum cardiomyopathy. Dr. Katz coordinated a multidisciplinary team that managed my heart failure while protecting my baby, delivering both of us safely through a carefully planned cesarean section followed by immediate cardiac intervention.

My husband suffered a massive STEMI while hiking in remote mountains. Dr. Katz guided the emergency helicopter team via video call to administer clot-busting drugs, then performed emergency angioplasty within the golden hour despite terrible weather conditions that delayed transport.

As a medical tourist from overseas, I came to Dr. Katz with a failed mitral valve repair from another country. He created a personalized 3D-printed model of my heart to plan the complex reoperation, which successfully addressed all the previous surgical complications.

Our 16-year-old son collapsed during basketball practice from commotio cordis. Dr. Katz's team performed immediate defibrillation and later implanted a subcutaneous ICD that doesn't require leads through his veins, allowing him to safely return to sports with minimal lifestyle impact.

I'm a researcher who developed cardiac amyloidosis from a rare medication side effect. Dr. Katz pioneered a targeted treatment protocol that reversed my heart thickening when standard approaches failed, and I've now returned to my laboratory work.

After surviving COVID-19, I developed severe myocarditis that left me with 15% heart function. Dr. Katz's experimental stem cell therapy combined with mechanical circulatory support bridged me to recovery when transplantation seemed inevitable.

My mother, who has advanced dementia, developed critical aortic stenosis. Dr. Katz developed a sensory-friendly TAVR approach using minimal sedation and familiar music, allowing the procedure without exacerbating her cognitive condition. She's now more active than she's been in years.

As a professional musician with cardiac sarcoidosis affecting my conduction system, I needed a pacemaker but feared losing arm mobility. Dr. Katz implanted a leadless pacemaker through a minimally invasive approach that preserved my full violin-playing capabilities.

Our newborn was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome in utero. Dr. Katz coordinated a series of groundbreaking fetal interventions and staged surgeries that have given our daughter a fighting chance at a normal childhood, something we were told would be impossible.