Overview
"Mariko Harper, MD, FACC is a board-certified cardiologist who specializes in all aspects of adult cardiology including: coronary artery disease, hyperlipidemia, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias, genetic/infiltrative cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and heart failure. She has a special expertise in advanced heart failure and advanced cardiac imaging with additional training and board certifications in both echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.Dr. Harper serves as the Medical Director of The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Under her direction, she has created a regional center providing an individualized approach to the diagnosis, genetic testing, advanced cardiac imaging and medical/surgical management of patients with HCM. Each patient is reviewed by a multidisciplinary team of physicians and treatment plans are designed with patient input, using a shared decision making model. The HCM Center offers comprehensive HCM treatments including: medical therapy, defibrillator implantation, alcohol septal ablation and surgical septal myectomy. The HCM Center is also one of the first centers in the PNW to offer the recently FDA-approved novel HCM medication mavacamten through a comprehensive drug safety program. She also serves as a principal investigator for ongoing HCM clinical trials.Dr. Harper has authored and published multiple peer reviewed articles and book chapters in a wide range of topics in cardiology. She has been an invited speaker at both national and regional meetings on topics including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hyperlipidemia, and preventive cardiology. Following her passion for patient education and cardiovascular disease prevention, she is also one of the course directors for the ""Food Is Medicine"" continuing medical education lecture series at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Dr. Harper believes in patient-centered and patient-driven care. She emphasizes the importance of shared clinical decision making, with open dialogue between the patient and the entirety of the patient's multidisciplinary care team.Dr. Harper has been recognized as aSeattle MetTop Doctor in 2021 and 2022.In her free time, she enjoys reading, gardening, running and spending time with her family.".
Dr. Harper is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and Cardiomyopathy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Clinical Research
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Swedish Heart & Vascular - Cherry Hill
Dr. Gafoor's passion is the field of structural heart disease. This new and rising field is an innovative way to approach complex heart and valve disease patients without open heart surgery. Whether patients have aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, atrial fibrillation, a prior heart valve that now needs replacement or more - this century has possibilities that were not available even as recently as five years ago. Dr. Gafoor trained in the US as well as abroad, and his goal is to bring patients the best in worldwide care right at their doorsteps. The Structural Heart & Valve Disease team's goal is patient safety and quality of life, and they want to not only add years to each patient's life, but life to each patient's years. Patients are important to Dr. Gafoor - not just for who they are and what they've done, but also for what they plan to do. Not just today, but tomorrow, and for the future after that. Dr. Gafoor is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
Swedish Heart & Vascular - Cherry Hill
Dr. Sidakpal Panaich is an Interventional Cardiologist focused on Structural Heart Disease at the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute in Seattle, WA. Dr. Panaich is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Patent Foramen Ovale, Heart Attack, Angioplasty, and Aortic Valve Replacement.
The Association Of University Physicians
Zachary Steinberg is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Steinberg is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Pulmonary Hypertension, Patent Foramen Ovale, Angioplasty, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Dr. Steinberg is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- AnginaDr. Harper isDistinguished. Learn about Angina.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Harper isDistinguished. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Harper isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Harper isDistinguished. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Familial Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyDr. Harper isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Familial Neurocardiogenic SyncopeDr. Harper isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope.
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- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Harper isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Harper isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Harper isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Harper isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Harper isAdvanced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.
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- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Harper isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Harper isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- ApoplexyDr. Harper isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Harper isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.