Cardiothoracic Surgery

When patients no longer respond to medical therapy, our experienced cardiothoracic surgeons at Temple Heart Center provide surgical treatment including the latest techniques including minimally invasive surgery, off-pump bypass, high-risk coronary revascularization, and valvular repair and replacement, giving new hope for improved quality of life and symptom relief for those with end-stage heart disease. We are pioneers in developing new and often less invasive techniques.

Using the latest techniques and state-of-art equipment, our surgeons perform the following procedures:

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery (CABG)
    • Complex coronary revascularization
    • Complete arterial revascularization
    • Beating heart bypass surgery
    • Transmyocradial revascularization
  • Valve Repair and Replacement
  • Mechanical Assist Devices
    • HeartMate­® XVE LVAS by Toratec® Corporation
    • BVS® Blood Pump by ABIOMED®
    • Thoratec® Ventricular Assist Device System with the Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device (PVAD)
    • DeBakey VAD® by MicroMed Tehcnology, Inc.
    • Novacor® LVAS by ©WORLDHEART Corporation
  • Cardiac Transplantation
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Heart-Lung Transplantation
  • Ventricular Remodeling Surgery

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