Spotlight

At UC Irvine Medical Center, our cardiac and vascular surgeons work together with cardiologists to provide optimal care for patients needing primary and re-operative surgeries of the heart and blood vessels.

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Individualized Care

As a university-based medical center staffed by expert surgeons equipped with advanced technologies, we treat a high percentage of patients with complex cardiovascular conditions, extensive coronary artery disease, serious valve disorders and heart failure. Because of our highly specialized focus, we are able to give each of our patients individualized care. In fact, UC Irvine Medical Center surpasses the national standards in the care of high-risk cardiac surgery patients.

Procedures

We provide all general and specialized pre- and post-operative services for procedures including:

• Advanced thoracic surgery
• Atherectomy
• Cardiac ablations
• Cardiac catheterization
• Complex valve surgeries
• Coronary bypass surgery
• Correction of congenital heart conditions
• Endovascular procedures for angioplasty, stenting and stent grafting
• Repair of aneurysms
• TandemHeart™ Percutaneous Assist Device installation

We use minimally invasive techniques to resolve cardiovascular problems whenever possible, reducing surgical trauma and speeding recovery.

Technologies

As a university-based medical center–and the only such center in Orange County–we utilize technologically innovative systems and equipment for imaging and surgery, including: 

• 64-slice scanner for noninvasive detection of atherosclerosis
• Two cardiac catheterization laboratories
• 3-D interactive imaging for planning aneurysm repair procedures
• State-of-the-art operating room with the robotic da Vinci™ Surgical System