Heart Videos
In these videos, our patients and physicians describe heart care services and treatment techniques available at the University of Chicago Medical Center. You'll need the free Adobe Flash Player to view these videos.
Click on the links below to visit pages where you can view the videos.
Cardiac Surgery
Meet Our Cardiac Surgeons
In this video, our cardiac surgeons share their approach to care and describe the wide range of heart surgery services available at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Coronary Artery Disease
Breakthrough Closed-Chest Heart Bypass Surgery Speeds Recovery
David Wunch traveled from Tulsa to Chicago to have totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery (TECAB), an advanced way to perform bypass surgery without opening the chest.
Animation: Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass (TECAB)
Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) surgery is a way to perform bypass surgery without opening the chest -- through only four to five tiny slits. This brief video animation shows how TECAB is performed.
Animation: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Through a Thoracotomy (ThoraCAB)
The ThoraCAB approach to bypass surgery is performed through one small, 3- to 5-inch incision at the side of the chest. This brief video animation shows how ThoraCAB is performed.
Heart Failure
Ventricular Reconstruction & Quadruple Bypass Surgery: Julia's Story
A ventricular reconstruction procedure plus bypass surgery helped Julia get her life back on track after she survived a heart attack. The surgery helped to restore the conical shape of her heart so that it could pump blood more efficiently, giving Julia renewed energy.
Heart Valve Disease
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement Surgery: William's Story
Because William previously had two open-heart surgeries, his doctors were worried he would not survive another operation he need for a badly functioning mitral valve. William's doctors referred him to the University of Chicago Medical Center for minimally invasive heart valve surgery, an approach that resulted in a faster recovery and a lower risk for complications.
Animation: Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Surgery
Robotic mitral valve repair surgery is performed with the assistance of the da Vinci Surgical System, a sophisticated device that allows the surgeon to repair the heart valve through four to five fingertip size incisions, instead of opening the chest. This video is located lower down on the heart valve surgery Web page.
Heart Transplantation
Heart-Kidney Transplant: Kenneth's Story
After being turned down for transplant by six different hospitals, Kenneth Woodka looked to the University of Chicago Medical Center for help. Soon after he arrived, Kenneth had a successful heart-kidney transplant.
Animation: Total Heart Transplant
At the University of Chicago Medical Center, our heart surgeons perform an advanced method of heart transplant surgery, called "total heart transplant." This method involves removing the entire diseased heart and connecting the new donor heart in six places. Traditional heart transplants keep parts of the diseased heart intact, and involve four connections to the new heart.
