Cardiovascular Health

/ Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Cardiac and thoracic surgery

For individuals with a serious heart condition that requires complex or emergency surgery, Spectrum Health is the right place. Our expert cardiothoracic surgeons at the Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center work together to provide world-class heart surgery options, close to home. In fact, more adult open heart surgeries are performed at Meijer Heart Center than at any other hospital in the state.

Referrals

  • Phone: 616.459.7258 
  • Fax: 616.459.5215 
  • To arrange a patient transfer or admission, call Spectrum Health Direct at 888.936.0005.

Services

We are the only Grand Rapids hospital whose surgeons are approved to perform open heart surgery as well as procedures of the lungs and chest, such as: 

    • Aortic aneurysms
    • Aortic dissections
    • Aortic valve surgery—open and minimally invasive, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
    • Congenital heart defect corrective surgery
    • da Vinci® robot-assisted heart valve and lung surgery
    • Heart bypass surgery
    • Heart and lung transplant
    • Maze procedure
    • Mitral valve surgery, including transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR)
    • Pericardial window
    • Thoracic (lung) surgery
    • Tricuspid valve surgery
    • Ventricular assist device implantation

    Location

    Spectrum Health Hospitals Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center
    Spectrum Health Hospitals Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center
    24 hours a day, seven days a week
    100 Michigan St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    0.11 miles away from Your Location

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