Cardiovascular Surgery

Telephone: 020-89169360 Address: Department, 12th floor, Building 2 Department Introduction Cardiovascular Surgery is one of the key departments of Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital. It is a Guangdong Provincial Clinical Key Specialty and a member organization of several Guangdong cardiovascular professional societies, enjoying a high reputation in the field of cardiovascular diseases in Guangdong. The department currently possesses one of the most advanced cardiopulmonary bypass machines in China, and uses advanced rapid blood-gas analyzers and surgical equipment. It is equipped with a comprehensive range of equipment in this specialty, including various types of ventilators, monitors, defibrillator-pacemakers, micro-infusion pumps, infusion pumps, enteral nutrition pumps, IABP, ECOM, and other life-support devices. The department’s equipment has reached a leading level in China. At present, Cardiovascular Surgery has multiple senior and associate-senior medical and nursing professionals. All medical and nursing personnel have undergone rigorous professional training. The department has experienced perfusionists and intensive-care physicians to safeguard patients during and after surgery. The entire Cardiovascular Surgery medical team studies professional techniques diligently day after day, shows genuine care for patients, and has a strong sense of social responsibility. Taking “using professional skills and a responsible attitude to relieve patients of their ‘heart’ problems” as its service mission, it has successfully treated a large number of patients with cardiovascular diseases. To return medical services to their public-welfare purpose, in recent years the department has joined with charitable organizations to carry out the “Heart·Hope” free-treatment project for impoverished children with congenital heart disease, enabling many children with congenital heart disease from poor areas to regain their health and begin new lives. Medical staff performing heart surgery Cardiovascular Surgery provides diagnosis and treatment for various diseases, including congenital heart disease, heart-valve disease, ischemic heart disease, and diseases of the great vessels. It has particularly extensive surgical experience in minimally invasive treatment of common congenital heart diseases (small-incision, interventional, and hybrid surgery); corrective surgery for severe tetralogy of Fallot; arterial switch surgery for treating complete transposition of the great arteries and Taussing-Bing-type double-outlet right ventricle; bidirectional Glenn procedures and total cavopulmonary connection performed without cardiopulmonary bypass to treat complex congenital heart disease with reduced pulmonary blood flow; valvuloplasty and replacement of multiple valves in severe cases; off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary heart disease; and total aortic arch replacement with frozen-elephant-trunk stent grafting, as well as endovascular exclusion with covered stents for critical aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, and other conditions. Our hospital’s intensive care unit, equipped with advanced facilities, is able to safeguard patients after all types of critical cardiovascular surgery. Zhong Zhimin: Chief Physician, Professor, renowned cardiac surgeon. Former Executive Deputy Director of Gaozhou People’s Hospital, Director of the Heart Center, and academic leader of Cardiovascular Surgery; an authoritative expert in complex congenital heart disease. He is currently Director and academic leader of Cardiovascular Surgery at our hospital, an executive member of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Physicians Branch of the Guangdong Medical Doctors Association, and a standing committee member of the Cardiac Surgery Branch of the Guangdong Medical Doctors Association. He has worked in cardiovascular surgery for nearly 20 years and has served as lead surgeon in more than 4,000 complex cardiovascular operations; both the difficulty and number of his operations are at a leading national level. He is dedicated to developing minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery and is skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of heart-valve disease, coronary heart disease, diseases of the great vessels, simple and complex congenital heart disease, as well as minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He has received 2 Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards and 8 prefecture- or city-level Science and Technology Progress Awards. In recent years, he has undertaken the research and development of multiple projects in the field of the heart and great vessels and has been invited many times to domestic and international academic exchanges. Professional skills, a responsible attitude, relieving your “heart” problems!