The Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at Hygeia Hospital Tirana consists of four specialized cardiac surgeons with extensive experience in heart surgery. Their primary goal is to provide high-quality, safe, and above all, effective care for cardiac patients. The department has at its disposal two modern operating rooms, fully equipped with advanced devices and technology to handle all types of adult heart surgeries. The most advanced techniques used in leading hospitals worldwide are successfully applied here.
To ensure smooth procedures and optimal patient management, the cardiac surgery team works closely with the anesthesiology and intensive care teams — not only during the operation but also throughout the postoperative care. Patients are followed in the Intensive Care Unit, where a team of experienced and specially trained reanimation doctors and nurses deliver advanced cardiac medical care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
At Hygeia Hospital Tirana, all types of cardiac surgery are performed, except for heart transplants.
The cardiac surgeries offered include:
1- BYPASS
- Total arterial revascularization of the heart
- Performed with on-pump and off-pump techniques (without stopping the heart)
2- HEART VALVE SURGERY
- Aortic Valve
- Replacement or repair of the aortic valve
- DAVID procedure for aortic root replacement without replacing the aortic valve
- Use of mini superior sternotomy in aortic operations
- Mitral Valve
- Replacement and various repairs of the mitral valve, mainly by placing new chords
- Mitral valve operations using mini inferior sternotomy
- Ongoing development of thoracoscopic mitral valve repair via mini thoracotomy
- Tricuspid Valve
- Repair with or without placement of a tricuspid ring
3- AORTIC ANEURYSM SURGERY
- Treatment of aneurysms of the aortic root, ascending aorta, aortic arch, and descending thoracic aorta
- Replacement of the aortic root using valved grafts (BENTALL operation)
- Emergency treatment of Type A aortic dissections
4- OTHER INTERVENTIONS
- Heart tumors
- Congenital defects in adults
- …etc.