Center of Excellence Cardiothoracic

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CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CARDIOTHORACIC

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

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
    (on-pump, beating heart, minimally invasive)
  • Heart valve repair and replacement (simple and complex)
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)

  • Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY

  • Paediatric – simple and complex congenital heart surgery

  • Adult – adult congenital heart disease

THORACIC SURGERY

  • Surgery for lung diseases
  • Surgery for mediastinal diseases

  • Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

VASCULAR SURGERY

  • Surgery of the aorta – aneurysm, dissection

  • Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)

SURGERY FOR HEART FAILURE

  • Heart/Lung/Heart-Lung Transplant

  • Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

MECHANICAL HEART OR VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD)

  • VAD Implantation using the latest FDA-approved devices

  • Thoratec Heartmate ll and Heartware VAD Systems for patients with heart failure

MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY (MICS)

  • Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (MIDCAB) and Multi Vessel MIDCAB.

  • Minimally Invasive Valve Repair and Replacement surgery.

MINIMALLY INVASIVE THORACIC SURGERY / VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY (VATS)

  • Minimally Invasive Lung Resection Surgery (VATS Lobectomy)

  • Minimally Invasive Repair for Pectus Excavatum (sunken chest)

SURGERY FOR SWEATY PALMS (HYPERHIDROSIS)

  • Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS)

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

DATUK DR. AIZAI AZAN ABDUL RAHIM

Chief Executive Officer / Senior Consultant Cardiologist

DATO’ DR. AZMEE MOHD GHAZI

Deputy Head Department / Consultant Cardiologist / Clinical Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant

DATUK DR. SHAIFUL AZMI YAHAYA

Head of Cardiology Department / Senior Consultant Cardiologist

DATO’ DR. AMIN ARIFF NURUDDIN

Senior Consultant Cardiologist