The experienced surgeons of St. John's Mercy Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery provide services covering all aspects of surgery of the chest, heart, lung and esophagus. Below is a list of many types of surgeries we offer, however, it is not all-inclusive. If you have any questions about whether we provide a particular surgical procedure, please call our office at 314-251-6970.

HEART and AORTA

Aortic Dissection repair
Aortic Valve repair and replacement
Ascending, Arch and Descending Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
Left Ventricular Aneurysm Resection
Maze Procedure/Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
Mitral Valve repair and replacement
Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB)
Pulmonic Valve repair and replacement
Redo/reoperative heart surgery
Repair of Congenital Heart Defects in Adults
Robotic surgery using the daVinci Surgical System
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm repair
Tricuspid Valve repair and replacement

CHEST and LUNGS

Bronchosopy
Decortication
Lobectomy
Lung Biopsy
Lung Cancer surgery
Lymph Node Biopsy
Mediastinoscopy
Minimal Invasive Approaches 
Pleurex Catheter
Pleurodesis
Pneumonectomy
Segmentectomy
Spinal exposure for orthopedic and neurologic procedures
Sympathectomy
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Therapy
Thoracoscopy
Thoracotomy
Thymecotomy
Thyroidectomy
Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery  

ESOPHAGUS

Antireflux surgery
Esophagectomy
Esophagoscopy
Myotomy