Procedures performed at The Center fit in two different categories:

I. Open Heart Operations          II. All Other Procedures

Open Heart Operations consist of:

1. Coronary Artery Bypass - Both Conventional and Minimally Invasive techniques utilizing Internal Mammary arteries, Radial arteries (from arm), and Saphenous vein. This also includes second and third time operations (redo) which The Center is particularly expertise in.

2. Valve Replacement - This includes Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve (repair or replacement) for stenosis (narrowing), or insufficiency (leak), Combined 2 or 3 Valve repair or replacement. Surgical treatment of infected valves. Septal Defects (holes between different chambers). Aneurysms of the Aorta (acute rupture or chronic dilatation). Myxomas and other tumors of the heart.

Other Non-Open Heart Procedures in 3 categories:

1. Thoracic:

Lung: Biopsies, lung resection for benign and malignant tumors, and blebs (large air pockets in the lung interfering with lung function, so called emphysematous blebs).

Chest: Removal of different types of tumors (benign or malignant in the chest cavity).

Diagnostic procedures such as mediastinoscopy and thoracoscopy to get sample biopsies of different areas. Disease of the esophagus.

2. Vascular:

Aneurysm (dilatation or bulging) of different arteries, with the most common being abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Bypass operations for blocked arteries in the pelvis, thighs, arms. Endarterectomies (clearing out blockages from the arteries), most common being the carotid endarterectomy.