Cardiovascular Surgery

Treatments & Procedures:

Treatment is sometimes a multidisciplinary approach, requiring collaboration among Cardiovascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Anesthesiology, and critical care teams to ensure optimal outcomes.

• Open surgical repair
• Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR)
• Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)
• Hybrid aortic aneurysm repair
• Aortic root replacement (Bentall procedure)
• Valve-sparing aortic root replacement
• Arch replacement surgery
• Frozen elephant trunk procedure
• Aneurysm monitoring and surveillance programs

Treatments & Procedures:

Treatments & Procedures:

Treatments include medications, lifestyle changes, and procedures like pacemaker implantation, catheter ablation, or defibrillator use.

Treatments & Procedures:

There are different treatments. Some are done by heart doctors (cardiologists or electrophysiologists) and others by heart surgeons. Sometimes, both work together for the best results.

What Your Heart Doctor (Electrophysiologist) Can Do:

• Medications: They may give you blood thinners to stop clots and other drugs to keep your heart rhythm steady.
• Cardioversion: This uses a small electric shock or medicine to reset your heart rhythm.
• Transcatheter Ablation: A thin tube is used to guide heat or cold energy to fix the parts of the heart that send bad signals. This is done without open surgery.

What a Heart Surgeon Can Do:

• Surgical Ablation: The surgeon directly uses heat or cold energy on the heart during an operation to fix the bad signals.
• AtriClip: During surgery, a small clip is placed on a part of the heart to lower the risk of stroke.

Hybrid Approach:

Sometimes, both the heart doctor and the heart surgeon work together. This is called a hybrid ablation, where you get both transcatheter and surgical ablation. This team effort can make the treatment work better.

Other Treatments:

Watchman Implant: This device is put in the heart to lower the risk of stroke by stopping clots from forming.

Treatments & Procedures:

We offer surgical, interventional, and medical treatments for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), including pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) surgery to remove blood clots and improve blood flow.

Treatments & Procedures:

• Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
• Valve repair or replacement surgery
• Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation
• Heart transplantation
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with surgical implantation
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
• Surgical treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (e.g., septal myectomy)

Lifelong Management:

Effective management of congestive heart failure involves comprehensive care plans, including medications, lifestyle interventions, and regular monitoring. These strategies delay disease progression, minimize hospital visits, and improve daily functioning for patients living with heart failure.

Treatments & Procedures:

There are two groups of treatments. Your heart doctor (cardiologist) takes care of many changes and procedures, while a heart surgeon (cardiovascular surgeon) does more invasive operations.

A Cardiologist may perform:

• Lifestyle Help: Advise on eating better, exercising, and quitting smoking.
• Medicines: Give you drugs to help open your arteries and lower risks.
• Angioplasty and Stenting: Use a small balloon to open a blocked artery and place a stent to keep it open.
• Advanced Imaging: Use special pictures of your heart to plan the best treatment.

A Cardiovascular Surgeon may perform:

• Bypass Surgery: Create a new path for blood to flow around a blockage
• Hybrid and Minimally Invasive Procedures: Do operations that improve blood flow with smaller cuts.
• Endarterectomy: Clean out the plaque from the arteries.

Treatments:

Heart failure treatment includes a range of options, from lifestyle changes and medications to advanced surgical procedures. Cardiologists typically manage medications, lifestyle modifications, and certain device-based treatments, while cardiovascular surgeons perform major procedures like heart transplants and mechanical heart support. Additionally, cardiac rehabilitation plays a key role in helping patients strengthen their heart and manage their condition.

Cardiology:

• Lifestyle Changes: Help you eat better, exercise, and stop smoking.
• Medicines: Use drugs like diuretics (to remove extra water) and beta-blockers (to slow your heart).
• Device Procedures: May use a small device called an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to help fix fast or odd heartbeats.

Cardiovascular Surgery:

• LVAD Placement: Place a pump called an LVAD that helps your heart move blood. This pump can be a long-term fix or used while waiting for a heart transplant.
• Heart Transplant: Replace a very weak heart with a healthy donor heart

Cardiac Rehabilitation:

• Exercise training to improve stamina and heart function
• Education on symptom management and medication adherence
• Dietary guidance to reduce fluid retention and strain on the heart

Treatments & Procedures:

Our heart team uses advanced techniques to repair or replace damaged heart structures, improving heart function and quality of life. Options include:

• Minimally invasive & open-heart surgery
• Valve repair & replacement (including TAVR and MitraClip)
• Transcatheter procedures (less invasive treatments)
• Septal defect & aneurysm repair
• Left atrial appendage closure (stroke prevention)

Treatments & Procedures:

• Medications to manage symptoms
• Valve Repair (surgical or transcatheter)
• Valve Replacement
• Mechanical or biological prosthetics
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for aortic valve disease
• Balloon Valvuloplasty for valve stenosis