The Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery encompasses the entire spectrum of available treatment modalities.
Members provide comprehensive adult and pediatric cardiac and lung surgery.
Coronary artery bypass surgery, valve replacements and repairs, pacemaker and defibrillator insertions, left ventricular aneurysmectomy, and aneurysm repairs are performed by all faculty. General thoracic surgery, including YAG laser bronchoscopy for tumor ablation, lobectomy, pulmonary and mediastinal resections are also available. The Yale Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease provides comprehensive management for patients with aneurysm or dissections of the aorta. An arrhythmia surgery program offers appropriate candidates the opportunity to benefit from computerized directed arrhythmia ablation and the implantation of automatic cardiac defibrillator devices. Congenital and acquired cardiothoracic diseases of children, for which surgical intervention is indicated, are managed by a surgeon dedicated to this subspecialty.