The state-of-the-art surgical suites at Arkansas Heart Hospital are designed to provide cardiac, thoracic and peripheral vascular surgical procedures. All operating rooms are equipped with advanced hemodynamic (blood flow) monitoring equipment and emergency equipment needed to provide quality care.
Every patient taken to surgery will be assessed and cared for by a registered nurse. The attending surgeon, in conjunction with the anesthesiologist, will treat each patient based on his/her pre-operative assessment. The Post Anesthesia Care Unit is equipped to provide one-on-one nursing care for the hours immediately following a surgical procedure.
A variety of surgical procedures are available.
Also known as CABG, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft or “cabbage” and Bypass Surgery.
According to the American Heart Association this is one of the most common and effective procedures to manage blockage of blood to the heart. It improves the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart and relieves chest pain (angina). Also, it reduces the risk of a heart attack and improves the ability for physical activity.
Treats blocked heart arteries by creating new passages for blood to flow to the heart. It works by taking arteries or veins from other parts of the body — called grafts — and uses them to reroute the blood around the clogged artery. A patient may undergo one, two, three or more bypass grafts, depending on how many coronary arteries are blocked. Click here to see an animation of a coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Often, blockages can be cleared in the heart catheterization lab so that bypass is not required. Click here to learn more about catheterization procedures.
Statement of Physician Ownership: Arkansas Heart Hospital is partly owned by physicians and meets the definition of a physician-owned hospital as specified in title 42 CFR 489.3. A list of physician owners is available upon request.