Range of surgeries

Coronary surgery

• bypass surgery
• minimally invasive vein harvesting
• arterial revascularisation (use of the chest-wall artery and/or other endogenous arteries)

Cardiac valve surgery

• reconstruction of cardiac valves
• cardiovalvular transplant with mechanical or biological valve prostheses
• multiple-valve replacement
• minimal invasive (transapical) aortic valve replacement

Combined coronary and cardiac valve surgery

• simultaneous bypass and cardiac valve surgery within one operative procedure

Cardiac surgery for arrhythmias

• ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation
• atrial sleeve resection for cases with an enlarged left atrium

Surgery of cardiac abnormalities

• repair of cardiac septum defects

Aortic surgery

• surgery of aortic aneurysms and dissections
• bridging by means of a vascular support (stent)

Pacemaker surgery

• implantation of all kinds of pacemakers
• as well as AICD (automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators), univentricular and biventricular

Heart tumour surgery

• Removal of tumour tissue in the heart

For detailed information on major cardiac surgery operations please see our "Medical Information" section.