Introduction to Cardiovascular Surgery

      The Cardiovascular Surgery provides open heart operation and consultation. The diseases needing open heart operations include: coronary arterial disease, cardiac valve disease, and congenital heart disease. This surgical division also provides the other operations for those vascular lesions, such as: thoracic/abdominal aortic aneurysm and peripheral vascular diseases (repair of vascular injury, bypass grafting/endarterectomy for peripheral arterial occlusive diseases, removal of vascular thromboembolus, vascular aneurysm repair, stripping and endovascular surgery of varicose vein, thrombolytic therapy and implantation of inferior vena cava filter for deep vein thrombosis, establishment of arterio-venous fistula/graft or vascular access catheter for hemodialysis)

Attending Doctor and clinic hours:

*Hou, Shou-Hsien, M.D.

   Wednesday morning and afternoon.