Vascular Surgery

The Vascular Surgery department at THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano has earned an impressive reputation. Our outcomes data are a testament to this fact, Our advanced care makes THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano a place you can trust to receive the care that is best for you. Our mortality rate for carotid artery stents, for example, is 0 percent, versus the national average of 7 percent.*

Our Vascular Surgery specialists on our medical staff perform open surgery as well as minimally invasive techniques. In our multidisciplinary program, specialists in both open and endovascular procedures can provide you with all current treatment options available - regardless of the complexity of the case. Our skilled surgical and endovascular specialists will work with you and your physician to determine the procedure that is best for you.

Our vascular surgery services include:

• Stent graft repair of thoracic aneurysms (we are one of only three providers offering this procedure in the Metroplex)
• Carotid artery stenting
• Surgical bypass
• Endovascular bypass
• Thoracic aortic dissection
• Medical management of vascular disease
• Laser ablation and sclerotherapy for venous disease
• Percutaneous thrombectomy for thrombosis
• Wound care for guests with diabetes

We have 4 advanced operating rooms and 1 advanced endovascular suite that we use to treat guests who come to THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano. We also offer non-invasive imaging services, including 3-dimensional computed tomographic angiography (CTA), 3-dimensional CTA reconstruction, and 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) reconstruction.

Additionally, we will communicate with your primary care physician so that he or she is aware of the care being provided to you.

Teachers and Innovators in Vascular Surgery

At THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano, our specialists are not only highly experienced but also active with both local and national research. Members of our medical staff here also speak and teach nationally and internationally on vascular surgery issues and innovations. We not only teach future physicians, but we teach practicing physicians interested in learning these procedures.

For a referral to an physician on the medical staff at THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano that specializes in vascular surgery, call 1-800-BAYLOR or visit the Physician Finder page on this website.

*Source: Sapphire Study, February 2007 - January 2008