MUSC’s highly specialized team for cardiac surgery performs the complete range of cardiac surgeries, including minimally invasive coronary bypass, open heart surgery and valve surgeries. Cardiac surgery procedures include:
Mitral valve replacement and repair
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (including “off-pump” beating heart surgery)
Repair of congenital heart defects
Mechanical assist device placement (LVAD, biVAD) Pediatric and adult heart transplants
Surgery for aortic aneurysms, including valve sparing aortic root replacement
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