Cardiovascular Services

At McDonough District Hospital, our cardiovascular specialists and surgeons do procedures to repair damage caused by diseases of the cardiovascular system. Often, these diseases are first diagnosed by a primary care doctor, who then refers the patient to a cardiologist, who may then refer the patient to a cardiovascular surgeon, as part of your heart health team. After your surgery, you will remain under the care of your cardiologist.

Some of the procedure cardiovascular surgeons perform include:

• Heart valve repair or replacement
• Heart defect repair
• Coronary artery bypass
• Aneurysm repair
• Transmyocardial laser revascularization
• Heart transplants
• Operations on the body’s blood vessels, including the aorta (the body’s main blood supplier)
• And more