Research
1) Developing safe and high quality surgical strategy in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
2) Developing new surgical technique for ischemic heart disease
3) Developing new surgical technique for beating mitral valve surgery
4) Clinical research for artificial heart
5) Research for new regenerative therapy for failing heart to recover cardiac function
Education
Cardiovascular Surgery is a branch of surgery which deals with heart and vascular (mainly aortic) disease. Main objective of our department in the graduate course is to provide medical students an opportunity to study surgical anatomy, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and advanced surgical treatment for heart and aortic disease. Students are also taught basic research for the surgical treatment for heart and aortic disease. We also provide clinical training program for young surgeon to obtain Japanese cardiovascular surgical board.
Clinical Performances
Our department provides well-advanced surgical treatment of heart and aortic surgery. We perform off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for more than 90% of patients with coronary artery disease, mitral valve repair, not valve replacement, for almost all patients with mitral valve regargitation. New surgical reconstruction technique is provided for patients with functional mitral regurgitation due to severe heart failure. For elderly patients, we offer minimally invasive aortic surgery such as thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and hybrid aortic surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass for aortic arch and thoracoabdominal aortic disease.