The extremely reliable and experienced team of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department at the American Hospital consists of cardiologists, invasive cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons who add new surgical techniques to academia, cardiac anesthesiologists, radiologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, cardiac intensivists and nurses as well as echocardiography experts.
 

Our exemplary teamwork approach with meticulously planned processes as well as cutting-edge specialized equipment enables us to provide the very best quality medical care.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

   
  • Cardiovascular Surgery:
           Various techniques are used for coronary bypass surgery:
  • Off-pump or beating-heart surgery: This technique is preferred to prevent heart-lung machine side effects and to ensure a shorter stay at the intensive care unit and subsequent quicker engagement in activities of daily life.
  • Radial artery graft: Using radial artery graft that has better rates of re-intervention in comparison to using the saphenous vein graft.
  • Aortic no-touch technique: This is used to avoid cerebral complications that may be caused by the aortic “touch”.
  • Minimally invasive surgery: A surgeon performs coronary bypass through small incisions in the chest.
  • Awake surgery: This technique is preferred for patients who have contraindications for general anesthesia and/or seek shorter hospital stays.
  • Heart valve surgery:
    • Complex mitral valve repair surgery
    • Specialized surgical techniques that provide high-risk patients with a surgical option.
    • Surgery for selected patients who do not require a complete opening of the chest bone.
 
  • Aortic aneurysm repair and aortic dissection:
    • Complex aortic surgeries are carried out in a low-risk way involving the use of specialized surgical techniques
    • Minimally invasive surgery for selected patients who do not require a complete opening of the chest bone.
 
  • Re-operation:
    • Surgery carried out for patients who have already undergone one or more surgical procedures.
 
  • High-risk heart surgery:
    • Specialized methods reserved for very high-risk patients who are deemed inoperable by other healthcare facilities.
 
  • Congenital heart defect corrective surgery
  • Robotic heart surgery
    
Services provided by our Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Departments are as follows:
  • Non-invasive Cardiology Diagnostic Center
  • Advanced Cardiac Imaging
  • Hybrid Catheterization Labs for Interventional Cardiology
  • Interventional Mitral Valve Treatment Unit
  • Heart Surgery Inpatient Clinic
  • Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
  • Coronary Intensive Care Unit
  • Telemetry Monitoring
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit
  • Arterial Diseases and Venous insufficiency