Cardiac Surgery

Services

Cardiac Surgery

• Adult cardiac, bypass and valve surgery
• Specialized services: complex valve, redo valve, coronary disease, complex rhythm devices (pacemaker, defibrillator)
• Minimally invasive coronary artery and valve surgery
• Modern cardiac laser surgery
• Bloodless heart surgery

Minimally Invasive

• MIDCAB (Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass)
• OP CABG (Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass)

Spectranetics Laser Surgery

• Spectranetics CVX300® Excimer Laser is the only system approved by the FDA for multiple cardiovascular procedures, including cardiac angioplasty and cardiac lead extraction
• Physicians report 50% faster lead extraction procedure times with the CleaRS™ (Cardiac Lead Removal System) method
• Lead extraction success rate is 94%, compared to 65% for traditional lead removal methods

Bloodless Surgery

• Surgical procedures without the use of banked allogenic blood or primary blood components
• Argon Beam, CO2 and YAG Laser surgery
• Harmonic Scalpel surgery
• Arterial Embolization
• Hemodilution

Research

The Cardiac Surgery division is reviewing the clinical activities of minimally invasive heart surgery, adult cardiac surgery and bloodless medicine and surgery.