Cardiothoracic Surgery

The Department of Cardiothoracic surgery at Royal Perth Hospital treats people with diseases of the heart, lungs, thoracic aorta, oesophagus and chest wall. It is also the surgical office of the West Australian Heart and Lung Transplant Programme.

There are 4 cardiothoracic surgeons operating at Royal Perth, perfoming around 300 cardiac surgeries each year, including 15 transplants.

Cardiothoracic surgeons at Royal Perth Hospital work with specialists in cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Medical Oncology and other areas to provide tertiary level care for adults with cardiothoracic diseases.

Special Expertise:

The department staff has advanced training and experience in many conditions and surgical procedures, including:

• Thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery
  
  • Aortic root surgery
    
  • Thoracic aortic dissections
  
  
• Adult congenital heart disease


• Coronary bypass surgery
  
  • Off-pump (beating heart) coronary bypass
    
  • Traditional coronary bypass
  
  
• Heart failure surgery
  
  • Heart transplant
    
  • Ventricular assist devices (artificial heart technology)
    
  • Ventricular remodelling surgery
    
• Heart valve surgery
  
  • Aortic valve repair and replacement
    
  • Mitral valve repair and replacement
    
  • Percutaneous heart valve surgery
    
• Pulmonary hypertension surgery, including pulmonary thromboendarterectomy


• Arrythmia surgery, including Maze procedure.

• Chest wall disease
  
  • Chest wall resection
  
  
  • Chest wall reconstruction
  
  
• End stage respiratory failure
  
  • Lung transplantation
  • Lung volume reduction surgery
• Hyperhidrosis
  
  • Videoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
• Lung cancer
  
  • VATS biopsies and excisions
  
  
  • Mediastinoscopy
  
  
  • Lobectomy
  
  
  • Segmentectomy
  
  
  • Pneumonectomy
  
  
• Lymphoma
  • Mediastinoscopy
  • VATS biopsies
• Myasthenia Gravis
  • VATS and open thymectomy
• Pectus Excavatum
  • Nuss procedure
• Pleural effusions
  • Pleurodiesis
  • Pleurectomy
• Thymoma
  • VATS or open thymectomy
• Tracheal stenosis
  • Tracheal stenting
  • Tracheal repair