Center of Excellence Cardiothoracic
Cardiology at its Finest
The cardiothoracic surgery department is staffed by one of the region’s most experienced team of heart surgeons with a strong track record of almost 60,000 surgeries over 22 years. The department houses 8 dedicated operating theatres (OT), 1 hybrid operating theatre, 48 adult Intensive care unit (ICU) beds and 10 paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) beds.
ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY
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- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
(on-pump, beating heart, minimally invasive) - Heart valve repair and replacement (simple and complex)
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)
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- Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
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CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
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- Paediatric – simple and complex congenital heart surgery
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- Adult – adult congenital heart disease
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THORACIC SURGERY
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- Surgery for lung diseases
- Surgery for mediastinal diseases
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- Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
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VASCULAR SURGERY
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- Surgery of the aorta – aneurysm, dissection
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- Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)
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SURGERY FOR HEART FAILURE
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- Heart/Lung/Heart-Lung Transplant
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- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
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MECHANICAL HEART OR VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD)
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- VAD Implantation using the latest FDA-approved devices
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- Thoratec Heartmate ll and Heartware VAD Systems for patients with heart failure
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY (MICS)
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- Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (MIDCAB) and Multi Vessel MIDCAB.
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- Minimally Invasive Valve Repair and Replacement surgery.
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE THORACIC SURGERY / VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY (VATS)
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- Minimally Invasive Lung Resection Surgery (VATS Lobectomy)
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- Minimally Invasive Repair for Pectus Excavatum (sunken chest)
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SURGERY FOR SWEATY PALMS (HYPERHIDROSIS)
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- Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS)
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ARRHYTHMIA SURGERY
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MAZE PROCEDURE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
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SURGERY FOR HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY (HOCM)
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MEET THE TEAM
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[icon_text box_type=”normal” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left” icon_size=”fa-4x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title_tag=”h4″ separator=”no” text=”Deputy Head Department / Consultant Cardiologist / Clinical Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant” image=”1845″ title=”DATO’ DR. AZMEE MOHD GHAZI” title_color=”#004a8f” text_color=”#eb6d90″]
[icon_text box_type=”normal” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left” icon_size=”fa-4x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title_tag=”h4″ separator=”no” text=”Head of Cardiology Department / Senior Consultant Cardiologist” image=”1844″ title=”DATUK DR. SHAIFUL AZMI YAHAYA” title_color=”#004a8f” text_color=”#eb6d90″]
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