Popular Locations
- Outpatient Surgery - Bridgeport Hospital
- Park Avenue Medical Center
- Primary Care Center - Bridgeport Hospital
The cardiac surgeons at Bridgeport Hospital perform the full spectrum of open-heart operations for adults.
Team members include experienced and award-winning Yale Medicine cardiac surgeons, skilled anesthesiologists, nurses, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Our depth and breadth of experience allows us to perform a wide variety of complex operations, such as valve repairs, aortic aneurysm surgery, combined coronary and valve operation as well as reoperative heart surgery. We offer advanced procedures including minimally invasive mitral valve repair, minimally invasive cardiac operations, hybrid revascularization, off-pump coronary artery bypass, surgical ablation (maze procedure) for atrial fibrillation and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Patients can rest assured that they are receiving the most advanced treatment possible from among the most experienced surgeons in the country.
Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health
If you or a loved one is a candidate for a heart transplant, we encourage you to contact our expert colleagues at Yale New Haven Hospital. For more information visit Yale New Haven Transplantation Center.
Patients needing advanced heart and vascular procedures at Bridgeport Hospital can benefit from one of the area’s leading-edge hybrid operating facilities, the Elizabeth M. Pfriem Hybrid Operating Room (OR).
This hybrid OR combines features of a comprehensive angiography suite and formal OR with a built-in real-time imaging unit for high quality, low-dose X-ray. With the hybrid OR’s unique design, physicians are performing a variety of cardiac and vascular procedures – including transcatheter aortic valve replacement and aortic aneurysm repairs with enhanced patient safety aspects for best outcomes. The imaging unit provides detailed viewing for best placement of valves and vascular grafts to improve accuracy and outcomes, including a shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery.
Yale Medicine Explains: Cardiac Surgeon Fabio Ramponi, MD, MPhil, explains CABG — a surgical procedure used to create new pathways for blood supply to the heart.
Yale New Haven Health is proud to be affiliated with the prestigious Yale University and its highly ranked Yale School of Medicine.