The  Kuang Tien General Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Team was
    established in 1996 as the only team that was able to provide heart surgery
    in central Taiwan. Currently, the Cardiovascular Surgery Team is led by
    Chief Dr. Kao, who has performed over 10,000 cases open-heart surgeries
    through his 23 years of practice.
   
    Since its establishment, this Cardiac Surgery Team has performed a
    number of ground-breaking surgical cases such as:  
            ●   Coronary artery bypass surgery for adult patient with congenital heart  
          block
            ●   The first case of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in
          Dextrocardia
            ●   The first Defibrillator implantation case in west coast of central 
          Taiwan 
            ●   Open Heart Surgery of Tetralogy of Fallot
            ●    Emergency Cardiac Catheterization on Transposition of the great vessels 
          for a one-day neonate
    The Cardiac Surgery Team is also routinely involved in more common 
    surgical cases, including: 
     ●   Instant Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
     ●    Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
     ●    Stenting
     ●    Implantation of permanent pacemaker

Clinical Services

    Cardiac surgery
    The cardiac surgery team has a surgical success rate greater than 98%,  
    involved in a variety of procedures such as common heart coronary artery
    bypass surgery, heart valve repair and replacement surgery, congenital 
    heart, as well as other major cardiovascular surgery.

    Aortic surgery
    The cardiac surgery team has also accumulated a number of high-risk  
    surgical cases such as abdominal aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm. 
    The introduction of advanced equipment has greatly reduced surgical risks
    and patient discomfort

    Vascular surgery
    The cardiac surgical team is equipped with vascular ultrasound and
    photographic equipment to provide diagnosis and treatment immediately.

    Critical care
    The cardiac surgery team has its own cardiac intensive care unit and open
    heart operating room, equipped with an artificial cardiopulmonary bypass 
    machine, aortic pump (IABP), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) 
    and autologous blood recovery system to provide various types of critical
    treatment. The Cardiac surgery team members cooperate with surgical
    intensive care unit to become the main critical intensive care center in 
    central Taiwan.