Cardiac Sciences

Cardiothoracic Surgical Services

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery can be performed both on a Beating Heart – Off Pump or Beating Heart Surgery, or on a still heart – On Pump CABG. Both modalities are routinely used depending on patient needs.

Valvular Heart Surgery

• Valve Repair Techniques for all types of Mitral Valve disease are done preferentially.
• Valve replacement with either a Mechanical or a Tissue Valve is reserved for patients with severe disease.

Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Surgical and Endovascular techniques using various types of stent grafts for treating aortic disease, including Aortic aneurysms and Dissections, etc.

Heart Failure surgery

• High- Risk Coronary Artery Surgery.
• Ischemic Mitral Repair or Replacement with preservation of Subvalve apparatus.
• Ventricular remodeling surgery (Dor’s Procedure) for Aneurysms of the left ventricle.

Arrhythmia surgery
Modified Mini Maze procedure for treating Atrial Fibrillation (disturbance in cardiac rhythm) and/or left Atrial Reduction is done to treat AF associated with Mitral valve disease so that no patient leaves the operating room without restoration of Sinus (normal) rhythm.

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Your child’s heart care team here is made up of Pediatric Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Cardiac Anesthesiologists and Cardiovascular nurses—all of whom are specially trained in treating Pediatric Heart conditions. We work in collaboration with other departments and divisions (Pediatrics, Neonatal and Perinatal medicine, Physical Therapy etc.), as well as with each family’s cardiac specialist, to ensure the highest quality of care possibleFrom right after birth to adulthood, our Heart Center is geared to provide top-rated cardiac care to all of its patients and so right from your first visit, you’ll be working with a team of professionals who are committed to support all of your child’s medical, physical and emotional needs.The Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Division provides heart surgery and cardiac interventions for Infants, Children and Young adults with Congenital Cardiac and Vascular diseases.

Conditions That We Treat

• Atrial Septal Defect
• Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transposition of the Great Arteries
• Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)
• Coarctation of the Aorta
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
• All other complex Cardiac Congenital malformations are dealt with expertly by this team.

Thoracic Surgery

• Resectional Surgery for Lung Cancer like Lobectomy, Bilobectomy and Pneumonectomy.
• Resectional Surgery for Destroyed lobes or Lung for infections.
• Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
• Pleurodesis Decortication
• All types of diagnostic procedures such as Biopsies, Bronchoscopy, Mediastinoscopy are also being performed.

Cardiology Services