2nd Clinic of Cardiac Surgery

The 2nd Clinic of Cardiac Surgery is an excellently organized and fully equipped surgical center treating the entire spectrum of cardiothoracic diseases (coronary, valves, aorta, pericardium).

It is staffed by cardiac surgeons trained in top European and American Universities (Board Certified) who have performed more than 15,000 surgical procedures.

Telephone: (+30)210-6972440, (+30)210-6972441, (+30)210-6972442

Call Center: (+30)210-6972000

Email: bcardiacsurgery@dunant.gr

Director: Nikas Dimitrios

Activities

Coronary artery bypass surgery with or without the use of extracorporeal circulation (beating heart)
Coronary artery bypass grafting with coronary endarterectomy technique (one of the largest series worldwide)
Surgical treatment of difficult cases, such as reoperations and low ejection fractions
Total arterial revascularization
Heart valve repair or replacement surgery (aortic – mitral – tricuspid – pulmonary)
Intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation
Aortic root and ascending aortic aneurysms, valved conduits – Bentall (among the largest series worldwide)
Surgical treatment of congenital heart defects in adults (atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, aortic isthmus, etc.)
Diseases of the aorta (ascending, arch, descending). Aneurysms, dissections, traumatic ruptures
Pericardial disease
Heart tumors (myxomas, etc.)

Clinical Interest

Coronary artery endarterectomy
Myocardial protection during heart surgery
Genetic study of aneurysms
Valve surgery in asymptomatic patients and in patients with heart failure
Association between hemodynamic markers and gastrointestinal diseases (mechanical ileus), YALE University School of Medicine