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| Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Professor of Surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief, Section of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5841 S. Maryland Ave. MC 5040 Chicago, IL 60637 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Phone: 773-702-2500 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clinical Interests: Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam specializes in the surgical management of heart failure, and is an expert in high-risk cardiac surgery. He has performed more than 1,000 heart transplants and numerous cardiac surgery procedures, including transmyocardial laser revascularization, complex valve reconstruction, and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Dr. Jeevanandam has a special interest in treating patients traditionally considered inoperable. He has repaired damaged hearts in several patients awaiting transplant, enabling those patients to forgo transplantation. He also has successfully performed transplants involving patients who do not fit the standard criteria for transplant. Dr. Jeevanandam is a pioneer in the field of mechanical circulatory assist devices. In October 2000, he was the first surgeon in the world to successfully implant the CardioVad, a revolutionary, permanent circulatory assist device that boosts heart function in patients with severe heart failure who are not candidates for transplant. Clinical specialties: Cardiac surgery Artificial hearts Heart transplantation Valvuloplasty Valvular heart diseases Ventricular assist devices | |||||||||||||||||||||
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