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The Department was established with
the goal of providing patients throughout the borough with
excellent cardiac surgical care in addition to the thoracic
surgical services already offered. Heading the Department
is O. Wayne Isom, MD, as Chairman, and Mark Adkins, MD,
as director of cardiothoracic surgery. The department performs
large numbers of cardiac surgical procedures including single
and multiple valve replacements, coronary artery bypass
grafting procedures, as well as minimally invasive coronary
artery bypass procedures that are performed without need
of the heart-lung bypass machine.
Superb Facilities
In the Department's Cardiovascular Recovery Unit (CVRU),
skilled, effective and compassionate care is provided to
cardiovascular patients, including those who have undergone
either cardiac surgery or interventional cardiology procedures.
The CVRU originally occupied a part of the hospital's eighth
floor, but patient volume increases have since been remedied
by the construction of a brand new, state-of-the-art wing
on the second floor.
Shortly after NYHQ initiated its cardiac surgery
program, highly skilled interventional cardiologists began
performing the most advanced cardiac procedures in the world
(such as coronary stenting and laser procedures) in the
medical center's state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization
laboratory. This lab, under the direction of Stylianos Papadakos, MD,
has expanded its interventional cardiology
capabilities as part of the Kyrenia Cardiac Center. This
comprehensive center for treatment and research brings together
the surgical, interventional, diagnostic and rehabilitative
services needed for the most successful treatment of cardiac
illness.
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