Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac Surgical Services at the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center

Patients come from all over the world to undergo cardiac surgery at the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center. They have every resource of the hospital's vast expertise available to them, including extensive educational materials and access to promising new therapies through clinical trials.

Conditions We Treat

Our leading cardiac surgeons treat patients within several of the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center's condition-specific programs:

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
• Coronary Artery Disease Program
• Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program
• Heart Valve Program
• Thoracic Aortic Center

View all treatments and services at the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center

Innovative Surgical Procedures Designed to Treat Heart Disease

For the heart's valves

• Valve repair surgery
• Valve replacement surgery

For the heart’s blood vessels

• Coronary artery bypass grafting (bypass surgery)

For the aorta, the heart’s largest artery

• Ascending aneurysm repair with an interposition tube graft
• Aortic valve-preserving aneurysm repair
• Composite aortic root replacement
• Aortic arch surgery
• Thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair
• Stent graft repair

To treat heart failure

• Heart transplant
• Ventricular-assist devices (VADs)

To treat adult congenital heart disease

• Atrial septal defect repair
• Heart transplant

To treat heart rhythm conditions

• Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)

Access to Promising New Treatments & Research

Cardiac surgeons from the Mass General Corrigan Minehan Heart Center participate in national clinical studies evaluating new technologies and devices to treat heart disease. This allows us to bring our patients promising new treatments as quickly as possible.

Patients interested in participating in clinical trials can browse online for open trials.