Information on aortic surgery, cardiac surgery, bypass surgery, heart transplant surgery, heart valve surgery, and ventricular assist device.
Aortic surgery is required when a section of the aorta, the main artery that carries blood from your heart to your body, is damaged, often by an aortic aneurysm.
Get information on how to prepare for your cardiac surgery, hospital stay and recovery.
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) treats blocked heart arteries by creating new passages for blood to flow to your heart muscle.
A heart transplant is when a person’s malfunctioning heart is replaced with a healthy one from an organ donor.
The goal of heart valve surgery is to restore the function of your heart valves after disease or damage.
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a kind of heart pump. St. Paul's Hospital performs all implantations of VADs and other long-term heart devices in the province through the B.C. Acute Heart Failure Program.