Cardiac Surgery

Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery is a group of world-class heart, chest and lung surgeons devoted exclusively to the cardiothoracic care of adults and children. Our surgeons perform state-of-the-art minimally invasive and traditional operations for the full range of cardiac and thoracic diseases and conditions, including:

• Congenital and acquired heart disease
• Coronary artery bypass
• Valve repair and replacement (aortic and mitral)
• Aneurysm repair (aortic, thoracic aortic, left ventricular)
• Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm), including pacemaker and defibrillator insertion
• Heart failure, including artificial heart or ventricular assist devices
• Transplant, including right ventricle-sparing transplant
• Children's heart conditions, including tetralogy of Fallot, atrial and ventricular septal defect, and other congenital disease
• Thoracic surgery, including thoracic and lung cancer, thymomas, mesothelioma, lymphoma as well as benign conditions including hyperhydrosis and thoracic outlet syndrome
• Esophageal disease and cancer, including GERD

Yale's survival statistics for coronary artery bypass, mitral valve replacement, and aortic valve replacement consistently exceed national and regional norm.

Yale Cardiothoracic Surgeons operate at the Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center , where they work closely with internists, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons in pre- and post-operative care. Faculty continue cutting-edge research in aortic surgery, transplantation, mechanical heart, xenotransplantation, and experimental cardiac transplantation programs, as well as vascular biology and transplantation immunology, including pathogenesis of coronary arteriosclerosis and xenograft rejection responses.