The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery diagnoses and treats acquired adult diseases such as ischemic heart diseases (myocardial infarction, angina) and valvular disease, congenital heart diseases in children, lung diseases such as lung cancer and tuberculosis, and other diseases including esophageal disease, vascular disease and hyperhidrosis. The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital is dedicated to patient care, treatment and researches based on the best medical staff and facilities in Korea.
The following diseases are diagnosed and treated at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
1. Heart diseases in adults (coronary artery disease and valvular disease)
2. Complex heart anomalies in infants
3. Treatment of patients with terminal stage heart failure including ECMO and heart transplantation (children and adults)
4. Aortic and peripheral vascular diseases
5. General chest diseases such as lung cancer and esophageal cancer
Features of treatment at Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital
1. Establishment of system for integrated treatment of heart and lung diseases at Cardiovascular Center and Lung Center
2. 24-hour direct treatment of all acute cardiovascular diseases including acute myocardial infarction and peripheral vascular diseases, patients requiring ECMO, and other acute cardiovascular diseases such as pulmonary artery thrombosis by a team of professors
3. Execution of treatments for patients with terminal stage heart failure including ECMO device and heart transplantation
4. Emergency surgery for patients with tension pneumothorax, hemothorax, and polytrauma
1. Heart diseases in adults (coronary artery disease and valvular disease)
2. Complex heart anomalies in infants
3. Treatment of patients with terminal stage heart failure including ECMO and heart transplantation (children and adults)
4. Aortic and peripheral vascular diseases
5. General chest diseases such as lung cancer and esophageal cancer
Features of treatment at Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital
1. Establishment of system for integrated treatment of heart and lung diseases at Cardiovascular Center and Lung Center
2. 24-hour direct treatment of all acute cardiovascular diseases including acute myocardial infarction and peripheral vascular diseases, patients requiring ECMO, and other acute cardiovascular diseases such as pulmonary artery thrombosis by a team of professors
3. Execution of treatments for patients with terminal stage heart failure including ECMO device and heart transplantation
4. Emergency surgery for patients with tension pneumothorax, hemothorax, and polytrauma