Cardiac Services

Cardiothoracic Surgery Procedures

Heart Failure

Heart failure surgery is especially appropriate for patients with a bad pump and ejection fraction below 25 percent. This surgery includes left ventricle reconstruction (Figure 9), as well as mitral valve repair with coronary artery bypass surgery and biventricular pacing.

These operations offer an alternative to heart transplant surgery for some patients. The results of these procedures have been good in many instances (Figure 10), in that many patients have been able to avoid heart transplantation for many years.

Figure 10

MRI Pre-surgery

Figure 10

This post-surgery image shows a decrease in the size of the heart.

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