What Procedures our Cardiothoracic Surgery Service Performs

Heart Surgery/Procedures

• Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
• Off Pump or Beating Heart Bypass Surgery
• Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery
• Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR)
• MAZE Procedure (ablation of the varied impulse pathways leading to atrial fibrillation)
• Pericardial Window Procedure
• Aortic Arch Repair
• Bentall Procedure: Aortic Valve and Aortic Arch repair
• Atrial Septal Defect Repair
• Ventricular Septal Defect Repair
• Permanent Pacemaker Placement
• Biventricular Pacemaker Placement

Thoracic Surgery

• Pleurex Tube Placement
• Thoracotomy
• Mini-Thoracotomy for lung wedge resections
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)-minimally invasive technique
• Talc Pleurodesis