Heart Surgeries
Heart Bypass Surgery
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery makes a new route for blood to flow around blocked arteries. A surgeon takes healthy blood vessels from your legs and moves them up to your heart. After you recover, you’ll likely have less chest pain and a lower risk of heart attack.
Most heart surgeons rely on blood vessels to reroute blood flow. At CentraCare, our heart surgeons are amongst the 7% in the country who sometimes use the left and right internal thoracic arteries for this purpose. If you qualify for this longer and more complicated surgery, it offers greater long-term benefits.
CentraCare surgeons also consider enhanced recovery guidelines for CABG, such as using titanium plates to pull the breastbone back together, resulting in less pain, easier rehabilitation and faster healing.
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closures
If you have you were born with a hole in your heart, a repair can reduce symptoms like fatigue or shortness of breath or reduce a risk of stroke. Learn more about available PFO and ASD treatments.
Thoracic Aneurysm Repair
Aneurysm repair fixes a weak spot in an artery in your chest. Treatment prevents the blood vessel from bursting — a life-threatening emergency. Your surgeon may take an endovascular approach, which doesn’t make a large incision. That means you recover more quickly and easily.
Valve Surgery
Surgery fixes or replaces heart valves that don’t fully open or close. Treatment restores the proper flow of blood through your heart. You may feel more energetic and find it easier to breathe. Learn more about heart valve treatment at CentraCare.
Thoracic Surgeries
- Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction
- Lung lobectomy (Thoracoscopic)
- Mediastinoscopy
- Rib Plating
- Sternal Plating
- Thoracoscopic Ligation of Left Atrial Appendage
- Thymectomy
- Wedge Resection of Lung (Thoracoscopic)
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