Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac Surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University was established in 1953. It is one of the largest cardiac surgery centers in Northeast China, as well as the earliest cardiovascular surgery base in Northeast China and the largest cardiovascular surgery center in southern Liaoning. In 1956, it successfully performed the first closed mitral commissurotomy in the province. At the end of 2009, a specialized cardiovascular ICU ward was established, equipped with the most advanced monitoring, support, and treatment equipment currently available worldwide. It has the technical capability to provide LVAD and ECMO. It has the best professional nursing team in the hospital. A comprehensive multidisciplinary collaborative system for diagnosis and treatment, characterized by high professional quality, advanced technology, and high efficiency, has been established.

It currently performs more than 60% of the operations in the Dalian area. The diseases treated encompass various cardiovascular surgical conditions in patients ranging from infants to adults, and the surgical success rate has remained above 98% for many years. Surgical treatment of dissecting aneurysms, surgical treatment of severe valvular disease, and radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation under direct vision during surgery have all reached an advanced level in China. Since 1996, it has been the first in Dalian and southern Liaoning to perform interventional treatment of congenital heart disease. Nearly one hundred patients are cured each year, with a success rate of 98.3%. It has now mastered the interventional treatment techniques for all common congenital heart diseases in China.