Cardiothoracic Surgery Conditions Treated
Nationally Recognized Program for Heart and Vascular Care
Loyola’s expert cardiothoracic surgical team treats a wide variety of coronary, valvular, structural, aortic and thoracic conditions and diseases.
Cardiothoracic refers to the area of the body that includes the organs inside chest (heart, lungs, chest, diaphragm, esophagus and blood vessels) as well as the bony structures and tissues that form the chest cavity.
Your Loyola cardiothoracic surgeon can treat a number of conditions or diseases, including:
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Aneurysms
- Angina
- Aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic valve disease
- Aortic valve regurgitation
- Aortic valve stenosis
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
- Arterial aneurysm
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial septal defects (ASD)
- Bradycardia
- Cardiogenic shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Carotid artery disease
- Chest pain
- Chest wall deformities
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Congenital heart defects in children
- Congenital heart disease in adults
- Cor triatriatum
- Coronary artery disease
- Coronary artery spasm
- Coronary calcification
- Cyanotic heart disease
- Ebstein anomaly
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- Heart arrhythmia
- Heart attack
- Heart disease
- Heart failure
- Heart transplant complications
- Heart valve disease
- Hyperhidrosis
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Kawasaki disease
- Marfan syndrome
- Mitral valve disease
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Mitral valve regurgitation
- Mitral valve stenosis
- Myocarditis
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Pectus excavatum
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD)
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary regurgitation
- Pulmonary valve disease
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Rheumatic fever
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Sepsis
- Sinus venosus defect
- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
- Subaortic stenosis
- Tamponade
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Tracheal stenosis
- Traumatic injury
- Tricuspid valve disease
- Tricuspid valve regurgitation
- Tumors and masses
- Vascular rings
- Ventricular aneurysm
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
- Ventricular tachycardia