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Innovative Technique Used for Heart Transplant Teen
A new, cutting edge technique is used to successfully keep a patient with heart and lung failure alive long enough to receive a heart transplant.
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Advanced Surgical Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
For more than 60 years, our Heart Surgery Clinic has been recognized worldwide for groundbreaking research, quality care and positive patient outcomes. Our heart surgery program provides you with the latest and most innovative surgical treatment of heart disease.
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Heart Surgery at Stanford Health Care: Why Choose Us
We have been perfecting ways to perform life-saving heart procedures since completing the first open-heart surgery here in 1960. We combine world-renowned expertise with leading research to develop new techniques and technology for making heart surgery safer and more effective for you.
When you choose us, you benefit from:
- Leaders in heart surgery: Stanford cardiologists are world leaders in heart surgeries, including heart transplantation. Our specialized heart surgery team has an international reputation for clinical excellence and pioneering research.
- Advanced technology: Our heart surgeons use the latest technology to expertly diagnose and treat heart conditions, from intraoperative imaging technology in the operating room to the newest devices available for heart support.
- Minimally invasive expertise: We perform minimally invasive heart surgery whenever possible. This approach is an alternative to traditional, open-heart surgery, and leads to a faster recovery, shorter hospital stay, and a lower risk of complications, among other benefits.
- Reputation: Our heart surgery program at Stanford is known for its groundbreaking work in a number of heart procedures. We continue to lead the way with the development of new techniques – such as natural heart valve repair – for making even the most complex heart surgeries safer and more effective.
Heart surgery procedures at Stanford Health Care
We offer a range of surgical services that are unparalleled in the Western U.S. and the Pacific Rim for diversity, technology, innovation, and outcomes. Heart surgeries at Stanford include:
- Aortic valve surgery
- Arrhythmia surgery
- Adult congenital surgery
- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
- Heart transplant
- Hybrid coronary revascularization
- Left ventricular remodeling
- Mechanical circulatory support (MCS)
- Minimally invasive heart surgery
- Myotomy and Myectomy
- Complex valve repair
- Natural heart valve repair
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
- Transmyocardial revascularization
- Valve surgery
Make an Appointment
To request an appointment with one of our cardiothoracic surgeons, call:
Heart Surgery Clinic at Blake Wilbur Building: 650-724-7500
Heart Surgery Clinic at Boswell Building: 650-724-7500
Stanford Heart Surgery Clinic at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals in Henderson, NV: 702-616-6580
Stanford Heart Surgery Clinic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose: 408-885-3838
Stanford Heart Surgery Clinic at VA Palo Alto Hospital in Palo Alto: 650-493-5000
