- March 08, 2023
Dr. Roland Assi Appointed Medical Director of Perfusion for YNHHS Heart and Vascular Center
- November 22, 2022
Most-read Content of November: Analysis of patient-focused web pages about LAAO, PROMPT-LIPID, and antiplatelet regimens
- November 09, 2021
Yale Medicine Surgeons Among First to Employ Branched Stent Graft System for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Pathologies
- August 07, 2018Source: Yale Medicine
Racing to Treat an Aortic Aneurysm
- May 30, 2018
Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiac Receives Highest Quality Rating
- November 13, 2017
Arnar Geirsson, MD named chief of Cardiac Surgery
- August 04, 2017
Nanoparticles trick body into accepting organ transplants
- May 03, 2017
Yale Medicine Physicians On 'Top Docs’ List
Cardiac Surgery
Yale Cardiac Surgery is a group of world-class heart surgeons, from the Yale School of Medicine Department of Surgery, devoted exclusively to the cardiac care of adults and children. Our surgeons perform state-of-the-art minimally invasive and traditional operations for the full range of cardiac diseases and conditions, including:
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), including minimally invasive robotic MIDCAB and hybrid revascularization
- Mitral valve repair including minimally invasive key-hole and robotic mitral valve surgery
- Aortic surgery including thoracic aortic replacement and stent grafts (TEVAR) for aneurysm and dissection
- Aneurysm repair (aortic, thoracic aortic, left ventricular)
- Arrhythmia surgery, including MAZE procedure for atrial fibrillation
- Heart failure, including ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Heart Transplantation
- Adult congenital and acquired heart disease
- Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
- Children's heart conditions, including tetralogy of Fallot, atrial and ventricular septal defect, single ventricular repair and other congenital disease
Yale's survival statistics for coronary artery bypass, mitral valve replacement, and aortic valve replacement consistently exceed national and regional norm. Yale New Haven Hospital maintains one of the highest rating for heart surgery by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Yale Cardiac Surgeons operate at the Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, where they work closely with internists, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons in pre- and post-operative care. Faculty continue cutting-edge research in aortic surgery, transplantation, mechanical heart, and experimental cardiac transplantation programs, as well as vascular biology and transplantation immunology, including pathogenesis of coronary arteriosclerosis, mitral valve disease and aortic disease.