Cardiac Surgery

The Teaching and Research Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery was established in 1959 and is under the Teaching and Research Section of Surgery. It undertakes theoretical teaching in cardiothoracic surgery and supervision of clinical internships for undergraduate and junior-college students at Shanxi Medical University, and also undertakes postgraduate training. It began admitting students for master’s degrees in 1986; to date, more than 50 have graduated, 10 postgraduate students are currently enrolled, and the staff includes 6 chief physicians, 3 associate professors, 1 deputy chief physician, 5 attending physicians, and 3 resident physicians. It has 1 deputy chairperson of the Shanxi Provincial Society of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery (2 members who returned after studying abroad). There are 11 supervising nurses, 8 nurses (nursing staff), and 1 supervising technician. The department has 38 personnel in total, including 18 physicians and 20 nursing and technical staff.

Scope of diagnosis and treatment of the cardiac surgery specialty:

Surgical treatment of cardiac diseases, such as treatment of valvular heart disease: mitral and aortic valve replacement, mitral and tricuspid valvuloplasty, etc. The department plans to commence interventional treatment for valvular disease. Surgical treatment of cardiac tumors, such as cardiac myxoma. Surgical and interventional treatment of cardiomyopathies.

Surgical treatment of diseases of the great vessels: coarctation of the aorta, aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and other diseases that seriously threaten human life and quality of life.

Treatment of congenital heart disease: including surgical and interventional treatment, such as treatment of common diseases including ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, and tetralogy of Fallot, as well as some rare complex malformations.

It is the only qualified medical institution in the province for orthotopic allogeneic heart transplantation,

Surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditis

Surgical treatment of coronary heart disease (coronary artery bypass grafting), etc.

Scope of diagnosis and treatment of the thoracic surgery specialty:

Treatment of mediastinal tumors, myasthenia gravis, lung cancer, pulmonary sequestration, and esophageal cancer, as well as tracheal surgery; thoracic trauma, such as rib fractures, hemothorax and pneumothorax caused by injuries to the lungs and pulmonary vessels, and pulmonary contusions and lacerations, etc. The proportion of minimally invasive surgical treatment for thoracic surgical diseases performed under thoracoscopy has exceeded 80%.