Ventricular assist devices (VAD) can keep the blood pumping properly while a person with serious heart issues waits for a heart transplant. They may also be used as permanent solutions for people who have severe heart failure, and have another chronic disease or issue that makes them ineligible for a heart transplant.
A lifesaving procedure for people who have end-stage heart failure or other severe heart conditions.
Heart surgery for heart failure helps repair a variety of heart conditions and disorders.
Cancer rehabilitation is a medically supervised program aimed at improving cardiovascular health. Learn more about this treatment.
Cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart muscle has difficulty pumping blood. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Adult congenital heart disease is a type of defect in one or more structures of the heart that occurs before birth. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
A surgical procedure to reroute blood flow around narrowed or blocked coronary arteries.
An aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulging of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Organ transplants, including heart, liver, kidney and pancreas, require highly specialized anesthesiology skills.
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