Advanced Cardiac Surgery 🫀 

Advanced Cardiac Surgery involves highly specialized procedures used to diagnose, repair, and treat complex heart conditions. These surgeries are performed using modern techniques such as minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic-assisted surgery, beating-heart CABG, valve repair and replacement, and congenital heart defect correction.

The goal is to restore normal heart function, improve blood flow, and enhance the patient’s long-term quality of life. Advanced cardiac surgery combines precision, innovation, and expert cardiac care to deliver safe, effective, and life-saving treatment for patients with severe or complicated heart diseases.

Types of Adult Cardiac Surgeries

1. Coronary Artery Surgery (For Blockages)

🔹 CABG – Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

On-pump CABG (using heart-lung machine)

Off-pump CABG (beating-heart surgery)

Minimal invasive CABG

Total arterial revascularization

2. Valve Surgeries

🔹 Valve Repair

Mitral valve repair

Aortic valve repair

Tricuspid valve repair

🔹 Valve Replacement

Mechanical valve replacement

Bioprosthetic valve replacement

Double valve replacement

Triple valve surgery

🔹 TAVR / TAVI (Catheter-based Aortic Valve Replacement)

🔹 MitraClip (Catheter mitral repair)

3. Aortic Surgeries

🔹 Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Ascending aorta replacement

Aortic arch replacement

Thoracoabdominal aorta repair

🔹 Aortic Dissection Surgery

Type A dissection repair

Bentall procedure

David procedure (valve-sparing root replacement)

🔹 Endovascular Aortic Repair

TEVAR (Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair)

4. Surgery for Heart Failure

🔹 Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device)

RVAD

🔹 Heart Transplant

🔹 ECMO insertion (VA-ECMO)

🔹 Surgical ventricular reconstruction

5. Arrhythmia Surgeries

🔹 Maze Procedure (for atrial fibrillation)

🔹 Pacemaker implantation

🔹 ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator)

🔹 CRT (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)

6. Pericardial Surgeries

🔹 Pericardiectomy (for constrictive pericarditis)

🔹 Pericardial window

🔹 Pericardial tumor removal

7. Tumor Surgeries

🔹 Cardiac tumor excision

Myxoma removal

Fibroma

Sarcoma

8. Congenital Heart Surgeries (in Adults)

ASD closure

VSD closure

PDA ligation

Tetralogy of Fallot repair (adult)

PAPVR/TAPVR surgery

9. Other Important Adult Cardiac Surgeries

🔹 Endocarditis surgery

🔹 Coronary endarterectomy

🔹 Re-do cardiac surgeries

🔹 Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)

MICS CABG

MICS valve surgery

🔹 Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Robotic mitral repair

Robotic CABG