Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Unit

The Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Unit at Heart Institute offers high quality, comprehensive cardiovascular care by combining cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and vascular surgery to provide life-changing vascular and heart disease treatments.

The doctors at the unit follow an integrated team approach to provide comprehensive prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of the full spectrum of heart and vascular conditions. Our multidisciplinary team consisting of cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, intensivists, cardiac anaesthetists, who work closely with patients and their families to provide personalized medical care or surgical treatment for problems that affect their heart and blood vessels.

The unit is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and specialised equipment in order to offer life-changing vascular and heart disease treatments. We are backed up by Critical Care Intensivists, specialists with treatment modalities like ECMO, IABP, CRRT, etc.

Key highlights of the our centre

• All CTVS surgeries under one roof from neonatal to old age.
• Shorter Stays
• Fast recovery

From minimally-invasive procedures to open-heart surgery and transplants, we offer the full spectrum of treatments such as:

Beating Heart Bypass Surgery (OPCAB) or Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)

• Coronary Artery Disease

Heart Valve Surgeries (Repair and Replacement Surgery)

• Congenital valve disease
• Aortic valve disease
  • Aortic regurgitation
  • Aortic Stenosis
  • Bicuspid aortic valve
• Mitral valve disease
  • Mitral regurgitation
  • Mitral stenosis
  • Mitral valve prolapsed
• Pulmonic valve disease
  • Pulmonic regurgitation
  • Pulmonic stenosis
• Tricuspid valve disease
  • Tricuspid regurgitation
  • Tricuspid stenosis
• Acquired Valve Disease
• Infective endocarditis
• Rheumatic Heart Disease

Vascular Surgeries

• Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Vertebrobasilar Disease
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Carotid artery disease-Stroke
• Vascular infections and complications

Redo or Reoperative Heart surgery

• Aneurysm (excessive growth, dilatation of blood vessels) repairs
• Bypass surgery
• Recurrence of disease after surgery
• Heart valve repair (aortic and mitral)
• Prosthetic mitral valve and aortic valve endocarditis
• Replace a degenerated or dysfunctional prosthetic valve

Lung Surgery

• Chest wall tumours
• Hydatid cyst excision
• Injury to the chest wall
• Lung resection
• Mediastinal tumours
• Pancoast tumour excision
• Thoracic outlet syndrome