PeterFailMDFACP, FACC

Cardiology • Houma, LA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation, Interventional Cardiology

Director of the Structural Heart Program Cardiovascular Institute of the South

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Office
225 Dunn Street
Houma, LA 70360
Phone+1 985-876-0300
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Summary

Dr. Peter Fail is a cardiologist in Houma, LA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Terrebonne General Medical Center and Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. He received his medical degree from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine and has been in practice 33 years. He specializes in adult congenital heart disease and interventional cardiology and is experienced in valvular heart disease, interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, adult congenital heart disease, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

Education & Training

Episcopal Heart Institute1992 - 1993
Episcopal Heart InstituteFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1989 - 1992
Episcopal Hospital1986 - 1989
American University of the Caribbean School of MedicineClass of 1984, MD

Certifications & Licensure

LA State Medical License 1996 - 2024
FL State Medical License 1989 - 2000
NJ State Medical License 1995 - 1997
PA State Medical License 1987 - 1996
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctor in New Orleans
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Pivotal Study of a Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair System Start of enrollment: 2005 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis in High Risk and Very High Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 10
Completed
Not Applicable
Safety and Efficacy Continued Access Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis in Very High Risk Subjects and High Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 21
Completed
Not Applicable
Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis in Intermediate Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement (SURTAVI). Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
A Pivotal Trial to Establish the Efficacy and Long-term Safety of the Parachute Implant System Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Safety & Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System-Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis With Significant Comorbidities in Extreme Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
The REFLECT Trial: Cerebral Protection to Reduce Cerebral Embolic Lesions After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Start of enrollment: 2016 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Multicenter Study to Evaluate the ROX Coupler in Subjects With Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 22
Terminated
Not Applicable
REDUCE LAP-HF TRIAL II Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Evaluation of Treatment Strategies for Severe CaLcIfic Coronary Arteries: Orbital Atherectomy vs. Conventional Angioplasty Technique Prior to Implantation of Drug-Eluting StEnts: The ECLIPSE Trial Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 27
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
LOWER: Lomitapide Observational Worldwide Evaluation Registry Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 18
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Endovascular Ablation of the Right Greater Splanchnic Nerve in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Rationale, Design and Lead-in Phase Results of the REBAL...
Zirakashvili, T., Shaburishvili, T., Somo, S., Borlaug, B., Mohan, R., Price, M., Fail, P., Goyal, P., Hummel, S., Patel, R., Reddy, V., Burkhoff, D., Patel, M., Shah,...> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2024 Jan 9
7 citations
Exercise-Induced Left Atrial Hypertension in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Chung, E., Gupta, D. K., Sheldon E Litwin, Jan Komtebedde, Mo Hu, Daniel Burkhoff, Gerd Hasenfuß, Barry A Borlaug, Scott D Solomon, Michael R Zile, Rajeev C Mohan, Ram...> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2023 Aug 1
3 citations
No-Implant Interatrial Shunt for HFpEF: 6-Month Outcomes From Multicenter Pilot Feasibility Studies.
James E Udelson, Colin M Barker, Gerard Wilkins, Benjamin Wilkins, Robert Gooley, Siobhan Lockwood, Brian J Potter, Christopher U Meduri, Peter S Fail, Darrell J Solet...> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2023 Aug 1
2 citations
Feasibility of a No-Implant Approach to Interatrial Shunts: Preclinical and Early Clinical Studies.
Colin M Barker, Christopher U Meduri, Peter S Fail, Jeffrey W Chambers, Darrell J Solet, Jacob M Kriegel, Deborah C Vela, Kari Feldt, Thomas D Pate, Avni P Patel, Tama...> ;Structural Heart. 2022 Aug 1
20 citations
Endovascular ablation of the right greater splanchnic nerve in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: early results of the REBALANCE-HF trial roll-in cohort.
Marat Fudim, Peter S Fail, Sheldon E Litwin, Tamaz Shaburishvili, Parag Goyal, Scott L Hummel, Barry A Borlaug, Rajeev C Mohan, Ravi B Patel, Sumeet S Mitter, Liviu Kl...> ;European Journal of Heart Failure. 2022 Aug 1
44 citations
Preventing Coronary Obstruction During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the Multicenter International BASILICA Registry.
Jaffar M. Khan, Vasilis C. Babaliaros, Adam B Greenbaum, Christian Spies, David V. Daniels, Jeremiah P. Depta, J Bradley Oldemeyer, Brian Whisenant, James M. McCabe, K...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 May 10
11 citations
Clinical outcomes of TAVI or SAVR in men and women with aortic stenosis at intermediate operative risk: a post hoc analysis of the randomised SURTAVI trial.
Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Michael J. Reardon, Steven J. Yakubov, John Heiser, William Merhi, Stephan Windecker, Raj Makkar, Wen Cheng, Mark Robbins, Peter S. Fail, Edgar...> ;Eurointervention. 2020 Nov 20
53 citations
One-Year Safety and Clinical Outcomes of a Transcatheter Interatrial Shunt Device for the Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Reduce Ele...
Sanjiv J. Shah, Ted Feldman, Mark J. Ricciardi, Rami Kahwash, Scott Lilly, Sheldon E. Litwin, Christopher D. Nielsen, Pim van der Harst, Elke S. Hoendermis, Martin Pen...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2018 Oct 1
168 citations
Transcatheter Interatrial Shunt Device for the Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF I [Reduce Elevated Left Atrial Pressure in Pa...
Ted Feldman, Laura Mauri, Rami Kahwash, Sheldon E. Litwin, Mark J. Ricciardi, Pim van der Harst, Martin Penicka, Peter S. Fail, David M. Kaye, Mark C. Petrie, Anupam B...> ;Circulation. 2017 Nov 15
517 citations
Randomized Comparison of Percutaneous Repair and Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation 5-Year Results of EVEREST II
Ted Feldman, Saibal Kar, Sammy Elmariah, Steven C. Smart, Alfredo Trento, Robert J. Siegel, Patricia Apruzzese, Peter S. Fail, Michael Rinaldi, Richard W. Smalling, Ja...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015 Dec 29
Wire-Interwoven Nitinol Stent Outcome in the Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Arteries: Twelve-Month Results of the SUPERB Trial.
Garcia L, Jaff MR, Metzger C, Sedillo G, Pershad A, Zidar F, Patlola R, Wilkins RG, Espinoza A, Iskander A, Khammar GS, Khatib Y, Beasley R, Makam S, Kovach R, Kamat S...> ;Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 May
19 citations
Use of the REG1 anticoagulation system in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: results from the phase II RADAR-PCI study.
Thomas J. Povsic, John P. Vavalle, John H. Alexander, Laura H. Aberle, Steven L. Zelenkofske, Richard C. Becker, Christopher E. Buller, Mauricio G. Cohen, Jan H. Corne...> ;Eurointervention. 2014 Aug 1
4-year results of a randomized controlled trial of percutaneous repair versus surgery for mitral regurgitation.
Mauri L, Foster E, Glower DD, Apruzzese P, Massaro JM, Herrmann HC, Hermiller J, Gray W, Wang A, Pedersen WR, Bajwa T, Lasala J, Low R, Grayburn P, Feldman T> ;J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Jul 23
41 citations
Percutaneous mitral valve repair in the initial EVEREST cohort: evidence of reverse left ventricular remodeling.
Elyse Foster, Damon M. Kwan, Ted Feldman, Neil J. Weissman, Paul A. Grayburn, Allan Schwartz, Jason H. Rogers, Saibal Kar, Michael Rinaldi, Peter S. Fail, James B. Her...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2013 Jul 1
47 citations
Prevalence and echocardiographic features of iatrogenic atrial septal defect after catheter-based mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system.
Thomas W. Smith, Patrick M. Mcginty, William J. Bommer, Reginald I. Low, Scott Lim, Peter S. Fail, Jason H. Rogers> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2012 Oct 1
ACCF/ACR/AIUM/ASE/ASN/ICAVL/SCAI/SCCT/SIR/SVM/SVS/SVU [corrected] 2012 appropriate use criteria for peripheral vascular ultrasound and physiological testing part I: ar...
Mohler ER 3rd, Gornik HL, Gerhard-Herman M, Misra S, Olin JW, Zierler RE, Wolk MJ, Mohler ER 3rd> ;J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Jul 17
143 citations
The Acute Hemodynamic Effects of MitraClip Therapy
Robert J. Siegel, Simon Biner, Asim M. Rafique, Michael Rinaldi, Scott Lim, Peter S. Fail, James B. Hermiller, Richard W. Smalling, Patrick L. Whitlow, Howard C. Herrm...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011 Apr 19
1122 citations
Percutaneous Repair or Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation
Ted Feldman, Elyse Foster, Donald D. Glower, Saibal Kar, Michael J. Rinaldi, Peter S. Fail, Richard W. Smalling, Robert J. Siegel, Geoffrey A. Rose, Eric Engeron, Cata...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2011 Apr 13
626 citations
Percutaneous mitral repair with the MitraClip system: safety and midterm durability in the initial EVEREST (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair Study) cohort.
Ted Feldman, Saibal Kar, Michael Rinaldi, Peter S. Fail, James B. Hermiller, Richard W. Smalling, Patrick L. Whitlow, William A. Gray, Reginald I. Low, Howard C. Herrm...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2009 Aug 18
1455 citations
Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage versus warfarin therapy for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomised non-inferiority t...
David R. Holmes, Vivek Y. Reddy, Zoltan G. Turi, Shephal K. Doshi, Horst Sievert, Maurice Buchbinder, Christopher M. Mullin, Peter Sick> ;Lancet. 2009 Aug 15
81 citations
Effect of percutaneous mitral repair with the MitraClip device on mitral valve area and gradient.
Howard C. Herrmann, Saibal Kar, Robert J Siegel, Peter Fail, Catalin Loghin, Scott Lim, Rebecca T. Hahn, Jason H. Rogers, William J. Bommer, Andrew Wang, Andrew Berke,...> ;Eurointervention. 2009 Jan 1
3 citations
Utilization of thick (>3 mm) maximum intensity projection images in coronary CTA interpretation.
Frank J. Rybicki, Michael T. Lu, Peter S. Fail, Mary Daniels> ;Emergency Radiology. 2006 Oct 7
88 citations
Midterm outcomes from the TALON Registry: treating peripherals with SilverHawk: outcomes collection.
Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Roger S. Gammon, Stefan Kiesz, Joseph Cardenas, John Paul Runyon, Peter S. Fail, Craig M. Walker, David E. Allie, Jack Chamberlin, Maurice Solis,...> ;Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 2006 Oct 1
22 citations
Safety and efficacy of staple-mediated femoral arteriotomy closure: results from a randomized multicenter study.
Gary M. Ansel, Stephen Yakubov, Christopher Neilsen, David E. Allie, Robert C. Stoler, Patrick Hall, Peter S. Fail, Timothy A. Sanborn, Ronald P. Caputo> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2006 Apr 1
60 citations
Procedural and clinical outcomes with catheter-based plaque excision in critical limb ischemia.
David E. Kandzari, R. Stefan Kiesz, David E. Allie, Craig M. Walker, Peter S. Fail, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Joseph R. Cardenas, Jose Vale, Atul Chopra, Roger S. Gammon> ;Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 2006 Feb 1
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Press Mentions

From Planning to Post-Op, Canon Medical Systems Delivers a Complete Suite of Structural Heart Imaging SolutionsMarch 12th, 2018
Terrebonne General Medical Center Installs First Toshiba Medical Infinix-I Sky +April 18th, 2017