Conditions & Treatments

A procedure that grafts a blood vessel to bypass a blocked coronary artery in your heart. Ochsner offers both On-Pump and Off-pump multi-arterial coronary artery bypass surgery. 

Surgery to fix the aorta, the body's main blood vessel. An aortic aneurysm is a weak, bulging spot in the wall. An aortic dissection is a tear in the wall. The Ochsner cardiac surgery team repairs both to prevent serious problems. 

Surgery to repair the part of the aorta closest to the heart. This includes valve-sparing aortic root replacement (fixing the aorta while keeping your own valve) and Ross procedures (replacing a damaged aortic valve with your own healthy pulmonary valve).

Surgery that fixes an irregular or uneven heartbeat.

Surgery to fix or replace the mitral valve, one of the heart's four valves.

Surgery to fix or replace the aortic valve, the valve that controls blood flow out of your heart to the rest of your body.

TAVR is a surgical procedure that replaces a diseased aortic valve with an artificial one.

Surgery to fix or replace the tricuspid valve, which keeps blood moving in the right direction on the right side of your heart.

Operations often require complex reconstruction of the heart.

Surgery to treat cancer in the heart.

Surgery that restores the left ventricle.

A mechanical circulatory support procedure that replaces the function of both heart ventricles.

A VAD is a complex device that sets inside or outside the Hart and helps with the function.

A heart transplant replaces a failing heart with a healthy donor heart.

A lung transplant replaces one or both damaged lungs with healthy donor lungs. 

The most common type of heart disease and responsible for heart attacks.

Cardiac valve narrowing or leak which can involve any or all of the four valves in the heart (aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonary valve)

• Valvular insufficiency: A type of heart problem in which your heart valves do not close properly
• Valvular stenosis: A hardening of one or more valves in the heart due to fatty buildup 

Aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of the main artery from your heart.

Aortic dissection is a rupture or tear of the aorta, often due to an aneurysm.

Atrial fibrillation and other types of arrhythmias is when your heart beats irregularly. 

Cardiomyopathy causing heart failure is a type of heart disease in which the heart can’t pump blood very well.

Abnormal growths that form in or on the heart.

Lung failure that requires extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or lung transplant.