Heart Care at its Best.
The Heart and Vascular Center at St. Luke’s Hospital, a comprehensive cardiac treatment center, offers the latest technological advances for coronary surgery. Our skilled and caring heart surgeons perform countless open-heart, conventional coronary artery bypass and valvular repair procedures every year.
Our heart surgery teams are experienced in performing an innovative surgery procedure called off-pump coronary artery bypass procedure (OPCAB), which allows surgeons to perform bypass surgery as the heart continues to beat. This means faster recovery for most patients.
Minimally Invasive Surgery Options
During minimally invasive heart surgery, surgeons perform heart surgery through small incisions in the right side of the chest, as an alternative to open-heart surgery.
In minimally invasive surgery, your heart surgeon may have a better view of some parts of your heart than in open-heart surgery. Like open surgery, some minimally invasive heart surgery procedures may require stopping your heart temporarily and diverting blood flow from your heart using a heart-lung bypass machine.
Minimally invasive heart surgery may be an option for treating a variety of heart conditions. Your cardiac surgeon will make the best recommendation for you.
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Other Heart Surgery Procedures We Expertly Perform
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Maze Heart Surgery
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Robot-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve repair
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Robotic heart surgery to treat mitral regurgitation
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Robotic or minimally invasive cardiac surgery for adult-adolescent congenital heart disease
ACE Accredited for PCI and Cardiac Catheterization
The St. Luke’s Interventional Cardiology Center has been fully accredited for percutaneous coronary intervention and cardiac catheterization by Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence, an organization dedicated to ensuring adherence to the highest quality standards for cardiovascular and endovascular care. ACE accreditation is a professional review of an organization’s structure, internal processes, patient safety practices, and clinical outcomes to determine if it meets the standards established by experts in cardiac and endovascular care.
You can rest assured; our interventional cardiology team works hard to exceed these standards and help you move forward with confidence as you leave our care.