Heart and Vascular Programs and Services

Services Provided

Our surgeons perform a range of procedures, including:

• Coronary artery bypass surgery
• Implantation of heart assist devices
• Mitral valve repair and replacement
• Heart transplantation
• Tricuspid valve repair and replacement
• Ross procedure
• Minimally invasive procedures
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Off-pump bypass surgery
• Endovascular stent grafting
• Aortic surgery for aneurysm dissection
• Lower extremity arterial bypass surgery
• Transmyocardial laser revascularization
• Varicose vein excision

In addition to heart disease prevention and general cardiac care, the Heart and Vascular Program at Rush offers the following special programs:

• Outpatient Chest Pain Center: The only center of its kind in Chicago to provide patients with a cardiac chest pain evaluation and heart attack risk assessment in a single visit
  
  
• Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease: Offering advanced medical and surgical care for adults and children, including a full range of minimally invasive options
  
  
• Electrophysiology, Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Program: Offering comprehensive diagnostic and treatment options — from medications to ablation therapy — for patients with irregular heartbeats
  
  
• Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program: Comprehensive care for patients with advanced heart failure from a multidisciplinary team including heart failure and heart transplant cardiologists and transplant surgeons
  
  
• Interventional Cardiology Program: Offering expertise in leading-edge, nonsurgical procedures for diagnosing and treating patients with narrowed blood vessels
  
  
• Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic: A multidisciplinary clinic specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the arteries supplying blood to the lungs)
  
  
• Rush Valve Clinic: A team of specialists — including an interventional cardiologist, a cardiac surgeon and an echocardiographer — providing advanced diagnostic and treatment services for patients with valve disease
  
  
• Rush Vein Specialists: Comprehensive care and the latest innovations in treatment, such as the use of laser devices, for patients with vein conditions
  
  
• Rush Heart Center for Women: The first heart program in Chicago devoted exclusively to the unique needs of women