Cardiac Surgery

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When open-heart surgery offers the best treatment solution, ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte brings together clinical and surgical specialists to care for patients at the ShorePoint Heart Center. Our providers employ a collaborative approach, reviewing each case as a team to improve care and enhance outcomes. Our providers deliver a range of surgical care, including:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair
• Aortic valve repair and aortic valve replacement
• Blood vessel repair
• Congenital repair
• Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
• Endovascular repair for abdominal aneurysm and thoracic aneurysm
• Heart defect repair
• Heart valve repair and replacement
• Left atrial appendage closure
• Mechanical device implantation
• Mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement
• Peripheral vascular treatment or intervention
• Thoracic surgery
• Transmyocardial laser revascularization
• Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
• Tricuspid valve repair and tricuspid valve replacement

The Beating Heart Approach for Improved Recovery

Sometimes, heart surgery is performed with the assistance of a heart-lung machine, which maintains life while allowing the heart’s beating to be stopped. However, at the ShorePoint Heart Center, our providers perform a large number of procedures off-pump, also known as “beating heart” surgery. This means that the heart-lung machine is not used, and the heart never stops beating. This can greatly lower the risk of death, stroke, renal failure and the post-operative length of stay in the hospital.

Bypass Surgery

Bypass surgery is done in response to heart failure due to an artery in the heart being blocked, obstructing blood flow. Blood is redirected so the flow to and from the heart improves. While it is not a cure to cardiovascular disease or coronary artery disease, it does help make the symptoms more bearable, such as trouble breathing or chest pain, and improve both quality of life and heart function.

Coronary artery bypass surgery is not an immediate fix, but it can be done as an emergency response to an event such as a heart attack. Changing your lifestyle to include more heart-healthy habits and medication can help reduce the risk of excessive clotting and other heart issues.