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Cardiac surgery

The cardiac surgery department has grown to become the largest cardiac surgery centre in Belgium. Both adults and children can undergo heart surgery here.

Our department specialises in the surgical treatment of congenital heart defects, heart failure, valve disease, coronary artery disease and large blood vessels.

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UZ Leuven gasthuisberg campus
Cardiac surgery
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
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News and events

UZ Leuven team supports cardiac surgery in Nicaragua for a week

17 April 2023
At the end of January 2023 ten UZ Leuven employees went on a mission to Nicaragua, under the supervision of World Heart Caregivers. Together with the local nurses, they rolled up their sleeves for a week at the operating theatre in the capital Managua.

Cardiology papers from UZ Leuven doctors among the world's top 10

2 February 2023
Every year the leading European Heart Journal selects the top 10 of best scienctific publications in cardiology of the past year. This year the top 10 includes two papers that UZ Leuven doctors collaborated on: prof. dr. Lucas Van Aelst and prof. dr. Christophe Vandenbriele.

Leuven cardiac specialists first to replace mitral valve without surgery

7 June 2021
For the first time in Belgium, a team of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons have replaced a mitral heart valve by a prosthetic valve in a minimally invasive way. Until recently this was only possible with cardiac surgery and the use of a heart-lung machine for which not all patients qualify.
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Last edit: 5 May 2024