Cardiovascular Surgery
Cardiac diseases that manifest themselves with various symptoms such as chest tightness, palpitation, abdominal swelling, shortness of breath, tiredness and rarely fever are among the major health problems in the world and in our country.
The operations performed after the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases which mostly threaten the human health and lead to the death today are of vital importance for the patients. In this branch in which the advanced technology and experience is crucial, the world-class service is provided in our hospital by the experienced and expert physicians and educated personnel with the state of the art technology equipment.
In the department, the patients stay in their private rooms after the surgeries performed in a perfectly sterilized environment with advanced technology equipment and our experienced team.
Procedures performed by the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Hospital
Open Cardiac Surgeries
For the open heart surgeries performed in the department, the cardiopulmonary bypass machines are used. During the operation, heart and lung are stopped. The functions of these organs are carried out by the cardiopulmonary bypass machines. Following the required operations, these organs begin again to carry their functions after being disconnected from these machines.
It is a condition defined by the enlargement of abdominal aorta and aneurysm. Since aneurysms of 50 mm and larger have a high tendency to rupture, the operation is recommended. It is the excision of aneurysmal vein and the replacement with artificial vein under general anesthesia.
- Carotid Artery Endarterectomy
Atherosclerosis which may be developed in all arterial system can affect the vessels in the brain.– With this operation, it is aimed to correct the stenosis in the carotid artery.
- Thromboembolectomy
It is an operation that can be performed within the first 6-8 hours in the limb ischemias resulting from the acute emboli.