Cardiac services

3200 MacCorkle Ave. SE
Charleston, WV 25304

Open heart surgery

CAMC offers professional, highly-skilled cardiovascular staff for many different heart procedures. Today’s open heart procedures can provide patients with an extended life span and greater quality of life for coronary artery disease or an insufficient heart valve. 

Listed are some of the many procedures CAMC has to offer for open heart surgery:

• Coronary artery bypass grafting (both on and off the perfusion bypass pump)

• Heart valve replacements

• Atrial and ventricular defect repairs

• Aortic aneurysm repair

• Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting

• Endoscopic radial artery harvesting

• Trans myocardial revascularzation

• Cox maze procedure

• Ross procedure

• Atrial myxoma repair

• Aortic dissection repair

• Intra aortic balloon pump assist

• Right and left heart perfusion assist such as the Abio Med

Other facts

• In 2004, there were close to 2,000 cases performed

• We have 12 cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiac anesthesiologists for anesthesia

We at CAMC are dedicated to high quality of care for our surgical patients. Along with our trained surgical staff, anesthesia and perfusion specialist, we work together as a team.