Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Freeman Health System provides cardiovascular and thoracic care forheart 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 Freeman Health System – Bentonville Medical Center and Freeman Health System – Springdale Medical Center, 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