Cardiac Surgery

Allan Stewart, MD, Director of the Aortic Surgery Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, provides an excellent introduction the aortic valve, aortic valve disease, and aortic valve.

Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD, surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, narrates a surgery video of a hypertrophic cardiomyopthy procedure.

Ushering in a new era in comprehensive cardiac care, the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center celebrated its opening today at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

Columbia surgeons treat a wide variety of cardiac diseases and disorders, ranging from valve repair for prolapse to transplant for heart failure.

Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD, surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, provides causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Cardiogenic Shock.

Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD, surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, defines hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, its diagnosis, genetics, symptoms, and treatment.

An aneurysm is a weakening or ballooning of a blood vessel. This process may occur in any artery in the body. Aneurysms may also occur in any part of the aorta, including the root, the arch, the ascending and the descending aorta.

Coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as coronary heart disease (CHD) or coronary atherosclerosis, involves the progressive narrowing of the arteries that nourish the heart muscle. Often there are no symptoms, but if one or more of these arteries become severely narrowed, angina may develop during exercise, stress, or other times when the heart muscle is not getting enough blood.

Hybrid heart surgery refers to procedures that use traditional surgical methods in conjunction with minimally invasive, catheter-based approaches.

Columbia was one of the first institutions in the U.S. to conduct percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve replacement, in 2006. We are currently designing methods to utilize similar devices to create a transcatheter aortic root replacement.