Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in Arizona

Overview

The Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona serves people who have conditions of the heart, lungs, esophagus, diaphragm and great vessels (cardiovascular and thoracic diseases). Surgeons perform more than 800 cardiothoracic surgeries each year, including procedures involving minimally invasive techniques.

Mayo Clinic cardiac and thoracic surgeons work as a team with doctors in many other specialties, including cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary medicine and hematology/oncology, to care for people who have heart and chest conditions.

Cardiothoracic surgeons have expertise in many cardiothoracic conditions and procedures, including:

• Cardiac reparative procedures
• Cardiac tumors
• Congenital heart disease surgery in adults
• Coronary artery revascularization using arterial grafts
• Esophageal cancer
• Heart failure surgery
• Heart transplant
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy surgery
• Total artificial heart
• Ventricular remodeling procedures
• Ventricular assist devices
• Heart valve surgery
• Aortic valve repair and replacement
• Mitral valve repair and replacement
• Pulmonary valve repair and replacement
• Tricuspid valve repair and replacement
• Hyperhidrosis surgical relief
• Lung cancer
• Minimally-invasive heart surgery and thoracic surgeries
• Minimally-invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation
• Minimally-invasive esophagectomy
• Minimally-invasive pectus excavatum surgeries for adults and teenagers
• Pulmonary and esophageal surgeries
• Thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery
• Transthoracic hiatal hernia repair

For some people, surgeons combine cardiothoracic surgery with other treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, gene therapy, isolated lung perfusion and advanced laser surgery.

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