Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Northwest Health provides cardiovascular and thoracic care for heart and lung diseases and disorders. Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons perform a wide range of surgical treatments, from open-heart surgery to minimally invasive procedures.
Surgical services are available at both Northwest Medical Center - Bentonville and Northwest Medical Center - Springdale, which was the first hospital in the state of Arkansas to perform coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Among the surgical options available to treat cardiovascular disease are:
- Abdominal aortic and Iliac artery aneurysm repair (open and endovascular techniques)
- Abdominal aortic and iliac artery stenosis
- Access graft angiography and intervention
- Atrial fibrillation (MAZE)
- Cardiac valve repair and replacement
- Carotid stents
- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
- Epicardial pacemaker placement
- Esophageal resection
- Heart valve repair and replacement
- Lower and upper extremity revascularization
- Lower extremity angiogram and intervention
- Lung resection – open and minimally invasive
- Surgical dialysis access
- Surgical treatment of carotid artery disease
- Surgical treatment of vascular trauma
- Upper extremity angiogram and intervention
- Visceral artery angiogram and intervention