Cardiac Services
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
 |
Learn more about your health: |
- First successful open-heart surgery
- First pediatric open-heart surgery
- First heart transplant
- First to perform coronary angioplasty
- First to perform electrophysiology
- First to perform transmyocardial laser revascularization
Sutter Health was also the place Dr. Edward Smeloff developed and implanted the first of his revolutionary artificial heart valves, responsible for helping thousands of patients worldwide.
Attention Cardiac Patients & Families:
Sutter Medical Center offers CarePages to cardiac patients and family members so they can share news and updates about their condition and ongoing care via the Internet - anytime from anywhere. Create your own secure web page.
Learn more about CarePages!
¡Cree una Página web Paciente Libre en el español!
Sutter Memorial houses the heart program with its three catheterization labs, including electrophysiology capabilities; 16-bed surgical intensive care unit, 16-bed cardiac intensive care unit and pediatric intensive care unit. Through rapid diagnosis, complex surgeries, non-surgical interventions and the most extensive research program in the region, Sutter maintains its tradition of excellence in care.
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Adult Services
- Standard Treatments
- Advanced Procedures
- Offering the Complete Treatment and Surgical Spectrum
- Cardiovascular Pioneers
Sutter offers the largest pediatric open-heart surgery program in the region. The program includes full diagnostic capabilities and pediatric heart catheterization services. The CCS-approved pediatric open-heart surgery program serves patients from Stockton to Oregon and Fairfield to Reno, and provides the complete range of procedures for infants through adolescents. Procedures available include arterial switch, Ross and Norwood procedures, ASD/VSD repair, valve repair or replacement, patent ductus arteriosis closure and transplant. The nursing staff on the pediatric intensive care unit is highly trained, and ancillary services are on hand to provide emotional support to the patient and family.
Back to Top
Adult Services
The reputation for excellence in cardiac care and surgery has resulted in Sutter receiving many of the higher-risk and re-operative cases in the area. In spite of treating patients that have above-average complexity, the outcomes for treatment have been consistently recognized as outstanding by prominent California and national review agencies.
Back to Top
Standard Treatments
Many physicians think of Sutter as the place to refer the most serious or complex cases. But Sutter offers a full range of traditional services, handling more than 600 coronary bypass surgeries each year and 500 valve repairs and replacements. The treatment program, with its three catheterization labs, provides full diagnostic, therapeutic and intraoperative mapping electrophysiology and the complete range of catheterization therapies. We are one of the top hospitals in the nation for low morbidity and mortality as a result of coronary bypass surgeries.
Back to Top
Advanced Procedures
Sutter is known for its willingness to move to the leading edge of technology, offering procedures such as transmyocardial laser revascularization, endoscopic vein harvesting and minimally invasive bypass surgery before anyone else in the region. Cardiovascular surgeons also perform thoracoscopy for mediastinal tumors and other thoracic conditions. In addition, they perform lung resections, treat cardiac arrhythmias, repair and replace great vessels and repair aortic aneurysms.
Back to Top
Offering the Complete Treatment and Surgical Spectrum
Referring physicians benefit from being able to refer patients of all ages to a single source for comprehensive care. All cardiac, vascular, pulmonary and other thoracic conditions are welcome at Sutter.
Back to Top
Cardiovascular Pioneers
Dr. Edward Smeloff, one of Sutter's pioneering surgeons, developed and implanted the first artificial heart valve, responsible for helping thousands of patients worldwide. In recent years, Sutter cardiovascular surgeons have contributed significantly to the national study exploring - and confirming - the benefits of using the Holmium laser for patients with inoperable coronary arteries, also called transmyocardial laser revascularization. The surgeons also brought endoscopic vein harvesting and minimally invasive coronary artery surgery to the Sacramento region.
To learn more about cardiac conditions and procedures such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart attack, mitral valve prolapse, cardiac catheterization, pacemakers and more, visit our health information section.
In addition, Sutter Health is committed to delivering advanced care. To learn more about our specialty cardiac services for women and children throughout the greater Sacramento region visit the Sutter Women's Services or Sutter Children's Services Web sites.
Back to Top