The following are the cardiothoracic surgery services available at UT Medical Center.

Cardiac – Adult

• Myocardial revascularization, on and off bypass
       - CABG using SUG, ITA’s, RAG’s (radial) (mammary)
       - TMR (transmyocardial laser revascularization)
       - Endoscopic vein harvest
       - Repair of LV aneurysm
• Aortic valve replacement
• Aortic root replacement with and without valve replacement
• Aortic arch replacement
• Descending aortic surgery
       - Traumatic aortic injuries
       - Aortic dissections
       - Aortic aneurysm
• Repair of cardiac injuries
• Mitral valve repair and replacement
• Tricuspid valve surgery
• Use of mechanical valves, bioprosthetic pericardial valves, homograft valves
• Removal of cardiac tumors
• Surgical ablation using radiofrequency for chronic atrial fibrillation
• Insertion IABP and ventricular assist device
• Pericardial resection or drainage

Congenital

• Repair aortic coarctation
• Repair aortic stenosis – valvular, subvalvular, supravalvular
• Close PDA
• Repair ASD, VSD
• Repair tetrology of fallot
• Repair A-V canal
• Perform systemic to pulmonary artery shunts
• Pulmonary artery banding
• Repair aortic arch abnormalities – double arch
• Biodirectional Glenn shunt

Minimally Invasive Adult and Pediatric Heart Surgery

• Aortic valve replacement, mitral valve replacement or repair
• Tricuspid valve replacement or repair, ASD closure

Robotic Heart Surgery

• Mitral valve repair

Thoracic

• Open thoracotomy and video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Lung Surgery

• Resection for cancer or benign disease
• Emphysema surgery – pulmonary reduction, bleb resection
• Chronic pneumothorax
• Empyema surgery
• Lung biopsy
• Resection of non-pulmonary chest tumors, benign and malignant

Esophageal Surgery

• Resection for benign and malignant tumors
• Repair of hiatal hernia
• Repair of achalasia
• Repair of spontaneous or iatrogenic rupture

Repair of traumatic chest injuries
Repair of chest skeletal deformities
Diagnostic procedures – bronchoscopy, cervical mediastinoscopy, Chamberlain procedure

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