Cardiothoracic Surgery

Frye Regional's Heart Center cardiovascular surgical teams perform hundreds of open heart surgeries every year. Skill and experience of the team provides the foundation for consistently excellent patient outcomes.

Surgery is only performed after all options have been fully explored, including interventional cardiology procedures that can sometimes avoid the need for surgery.

If surgery is required, patients and their families will meet with members of the surgical team, which includes cardiothoracic surgeons who have received advanced fellowship training.

Cardiovascular Procedures

• Advanced techniques in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
  • Multi-arterial grafting
  • Endoscopic vein harvest
• Aortic aneurysm repair
• Arrhythmia surgery
• Thoracic aortic surgery
  
  • Thoracic aortic surgery
  • Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)
• Endovascular surgery

General Thoracic Procedures

• Minimally Invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
• Advanced diagnostics and treatment of benign lung conditions and lung cancer
  
  • Navigational bronchoscopy
  • Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
  • Mediastinoscopy
  • Wedge resections
  • Lobectomy
• Surgical treatment for complications of emphysema
• Surgical treatment of diseases of the mediastinum
• Thoracic trauma management
• Management of pneumothorax and pleural fluid collections
• Management of pericardial fluid collections

Open Heart and Minimally Invasive Valvular Procedures

• Aortic valve replacement
  
  • Aortic stenosis
  • Aortic insufficiency
• Mitral valve repair / replacement
  
  • Mitral regurgitation
  • Mitral stenosis
  • Rheumatic disease
• Tricuspid valve repair
• Combined valvular repair / replacement
• Surgical closure of septal defects

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