Surgery

Medical City Heart Hospital offers a wide range of emergent and elective adult surgical services. With three cardiovascular operating rooms and two hybrid operating suites, surgeons and care team members provide support for a broad spectrum of diseases requiring surgical intervention. Physicians use the latest techniques and technology, including minimally invasive and robotic surgery. Whether you require a routine or advanced surgical procedure, the goal is to ensure a safe recovery and return to normal life and routine.

Types of surgery offered include:

This open-heart surgery involves replacing a damaged section of the aorta using a graft. If the aortic valve is too damaged or diseased, your cardiac surgeon may elect to repair or replace the valve. In some cases, an aortic aneurysm may rupture or dissect, which requires emergent surgery. Symptoms of an impending rupture or dissection include:

• Sudden, severe chest or upper back pain
• Chest pain of any kind
• Clammy, sweaty skin
• Coughing, feeling hoarse or having trouble breathing
• Dizziness
• Fainting
• Fast heartbeat
• Nausea and vomiting
• Shortness of breath

Heart valve surgery: Medical City Heart Hospital is home to the Dallas Valve Institute, whose surgeons specialize in treating structural heart disease. Depending on your heart valve disease diagnosis, surgeons perform these procedures:

• Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
• Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)
• Alternative access TAVR
• Valve-in-valve TAVR
• Valve-in-valve TMVR
• Balloon valvuloplasty to treat aortic and mitral valve stenosis
• Transcatheter mitral valve repair
• Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair

If you qualify for a heart transplant, our program may be able to assist.

Medical City Heart Hospital is also home to the Institute for Advanced Cardiac Care, where patients dealing with complex cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure can be seen by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists, cardiologists, surgeons, and advanced practice. Call (972) 940-9500 for more information.

Patients with heart failure may be eligible for advanced surgical options, including placement of a ventricular assist device (VAD). Medical City Heart Hospital is VAD-certified by The Joint Commission.

• Bi-lobectomy and lobectomy
• Pneumonectomy
• Stereotactic radiosurgery
• Esophageal diverticulectomy
• Esophagectomy
• Bullectomy
• Chest wall resection/reconstruction
• Mediastinal resection
• Mediastinoscopy
• Pericardial drainage
• Pleurodesis
• Pleural (chronic) catheter insertion
• Sublobar wedge resection

To learn more about thoracic conditions and diseases we treat, please call (972) 566-4866.

To learn more visit our Vascular surgery page.

Our hospital, which opened in 2019, provides both outpatient and inpatient surgical options in a modern environment with concierge service for patients and their families.

Pre-admission testing (PAT) information

Before your surgery, you may be required to come in for pre-admission testing, where a nurse will gather information about your medical and family history and the medications you are taking and perform pre-operative labs and diagnostic testing. This appointment serves as a safety checkpoint before surgery. Please contact your surgeon’s office to see if you are required to schedule a PAT appointment.

When you arrive for your appointment, please check in at the registration desk in the lobby. We offer free, covered parking in the garage on the east side of the hospital.