Nebraska Medicine is a leader in cardiac surgery, providing the most advanced, complex and life-saving surgical treatments for patients with heart and vascular disease. Our heart and vascular team includes specialists in heart transplant, lung transplant, vascular disease, pulmonary hypertension, structural heart disease including abnormalities of the heart, heart septum and valves, aneurysms, arrhythmias, congenital heart conditions, interventional cardiology and advanced heart failure.
Our cardiac surgery team performs some of the highest volumes of cardiac surgeries in the region. High volumes translate into greater expertise, which results in higher levels of care and better outcomes. Our areas of focus include:
- Leading edge therapies for atrial fibrillation: we offer minimally invasive options to improve recovery times.
- Coronary artery disease: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is commonly used to treat coronary artery disease to prevent or alleviate angina and heart attack.
- Heart valve and aortic conditions: We offer MitraClip, a minimally invasive procedure used to treat mitral valve regurgitation. TAVR or Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is also a minimally invasive option for patients with aortic stenosis.
- Adult congenital heart disease: We specialize in transitioning pediatric patients to adult care for congenital heart disease.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): This advanced technology is used to treat patients with advanced heart or lung failure when standard treatments are not effective.
- Total artificial heart program: Nebraska Medical Center is the only hospital in the region to offer a total artificial heart program, the most advanced support available for patients with heart failure.
- Dedicated cardiac intensive care: Our expert staff provides care to our cardiac and post-operative cardiovascular patients in one of two dedicated intensive care units, ensuring they receive care from experienced health care professionals who have special training.
- Pediatric heart surgery procedures: We offer surgical options for children with congenital heart disease, acquired heart issues and chest wall problems. Our expert team talks to families about the risks and benefits of surgery and can help children with heart conditions live normal lives.
Our Locations
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Heart and Vascular Center at Bellevue Health Center
2510 Bellevue Medical Center Drive, Suite 150
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Bellevue, NE 68123 -
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Heart and Vascular Center at Village Pointe Health Center
17405 Burke Street
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Omaha, NE 68118
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Adult Extracorporeal Life Support
What is Adult Extracorporeal Life Support and who needs it? These are two of the questions Nebraska Medicine answers in our Family Guide to Adult Extracorporeal Life Support.
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U.S. News & World Report
In 2021, the Nebraska Medical Center received the High Performing Hospitals rating in Heart Bypass Surgery and Heart Failure.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 3 Star Rating
As a national leader in health care transparency and accountability, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons believes that the public has a right to know the quality of surgical outcomes.
To further this goal, the Society has established the STS Public Reporting initiative, which allows participants in the STS National Database to voluntarily report their surgical outcomes to the public on the STS website, the Consumer Reports website, or both.
The first public reporting scores and ratings were published in September 2010 on isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery data that were included in the ACSD. Since then, the initiative has grown to include isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) and combined AVR and CABG (AVR+CABG) from the ACSD, observed-to-expected operative mortality ratios for procedures in the CHSD, and lobectomy procedures in the GTSD.
Using this information, consumers can see how participating cardiac surgical groups compare with national benchmarks for overall performance, survival, complications, and other measures. Nebraska Medicine is proud to achieve a 3 Star rating for cardiac surgery.