The exceptional cardiothoracic surgeons at Harper University Hospital provide comprehensive cardiothoracic surgical services and are known for successfully operating on difficult and complex cardiothoracic cases.

These exceptional surgeons perform a full range of adult coronary bypass procedures, both on pump (using the heart-lung machine) and off-pump. When compared with national statistics from the Society for Thoracic Surgery, the Harper University Hospital mortality rate for coronary artery bypass operations are lower than the national and regional averages. Harper cardiothoracic surgeons are able to achieve this high level of quality even though many of their cases are complex and difficult, including a high percentage of patients with diabetes, lung disease, kidney failure and other types of significant medical problems.

Harper cardiothoracic surgeons also perform a higher percentage of coronary bypass operations on women than the national and regional averages. The Harper cardiothoracic surgery program’s mortality rate for women is lower than the national and regional averages according to the Society for Thoracic Surgery database.

Harper University Hospital is well known in Southeast Michigan for operating on the aorta, including aneurysms of the aorta in the chest, aortic dissections and aortic arch surgery. Cardiothoracic surgeons at Harper perform a full spectrum of heart valve operations and are known for their work with difficult, complex and high-risk cases.

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