Heart Center
At Children's Medical CenterCardiothoracic surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery is a subspecialty that manages the structures of the chest and blood vessels of the body, including the heart and lungs. Together with a highly skilled team of cardiologists, intensivists and anesthesiologists, the cardiothoracic surgeons on the Children's medical staff are dedicated to treating children with congenital heart diseases.
Our cardiac surgery program performs more than 500 total cardiac surgical procedures and more than 300 open-heart procedures each year. To meet the extraordinary demand of one of the most active cardiac centers in the nation, we recently added a new 22-bed inpatient floor dedicated to cardiac care and cardiac surgery patients. The center also features a 17-bed state-of-the-art pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, which is the only one in North Texas staffed full-time with cardiac intensivists.
Procedures performed or problems diagnosed and treated:
- Repair of all congenital defects
- Repair/replacement of dysfunctional heart valves
- Heart transplantation
- Pediatric thoracic surgery
- Pacemaker implantation
- Cardiac defibrillator implantation
- ECMO
Research interests:
- Congenital heart surgery outcomes
- Neurologic outcomes after pediatric heart surgery
- Optimization of cardiopulmonary support during pediatric heart surgery
News Articles:
- Minimally invasive approaches to pediatric cardiothoracic surgery
- Improving results for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Additional Services:
- Comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis
- Multidisciplinary, comprehensive inpatient care
- Multidisciplinary outpatient services
- Referral/consultation
- Discharge planning
- Speaker's bureau
- One of the busiest transport departments in the nation, conducting about 200 transports by ambulance, helicopter and jet monthly
The cardiac care department includes 23 pediatric cardiologists, 5 cardiothoracic surgeons, 3 intensivists, 3 pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiologists, 4 nurse practitioners, 2 perfusionists and 75 specialty nurses.
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