Heart Surgery

Each year, thousands of people in the United States have heart surgery. There are many different types of heart surgery. Surgeries may be used to:

Repair or replace the valves that control blood flow through the heart's chambers
Bypass or widen blocked or narrowed arteries to the heart
Repair aneurysms, or bulges in the aorta, which can be deadly if they burst
Implant devices to regulate heart rhythms
Destroy small amounts of tissue that disturb electrical flow through the heart
Make channels in the heart muscle to allow blood from a heart chamber directly into the heart muscle
Boost the heart's pumping power with muscles taken from the back or abdomen
Replace the damaged heart with a heart from a donor

The most common heart surgeries performed by CSA are:

A-Fib Surgery Including:
- Full Cox-Maze Procedure
- Modified Maze Procedure
- Hybrid Minimally Invasive Maze Procedure
Aneurysm Surgery Including Endovascular Stenting
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Minimally Invasive Surgery Including
- Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
- Minimally Invasive A-Fib Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Surgery
- Endovascular Stenting
- Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Off-Pump Surgery
Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
Thoracic Surgery Including
- Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
- Surgery for Benign and Cancerous Conditions of the Lungs and Chest
Transmyocardial Revascularization
Valve Repair and Replacement
Ventricular Assist Devices

The heart surgeons of CSA perform many other procedures in addition to those outlined above. If you have a specific question about these or any other treatment options, please contact us at 804/320-2751.