Surgical Services

Contact us at (970) 350-6162 or (877) 455-5888.

The North Colorado Medical Center CardioVascular Institute provides premier adult cardiovascular and thoracic surgical care.

We are led by three board-certified cardiac surgeons and a caring, experienced support staff.

The CardioVascular Institute offers a variety of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery procedures including:

Cardiac Surgery

• Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 
• Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) 
• Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting for CABG 
• Radial artery harvesting for CABG
• Valve replacement (mechanical and bioprosthetic) 
• Mitral and tricuspid valve repair 
• Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (Maze Procedure) 
• Homograft replacement of the aortic valve and aortic root 
• Surgical management of endocarditis
• Repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection
• Repair of adult congenital heart lesions
• Thoracic trauma
• Pacemaker and defibrillator placement

Thoracic Surgery

• Lobectomy
• Pneumonectomy
• Esophagogastrectomy (transthoracic or transhiatal) 
• Cervical mediastinoscopy
• Anterior mediastinotomy
• Combined-modality therapy for advanced thoracic malignancies
• Comprehensive cancer staging
• Combined chestwall resection and reconstruction
• Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for pulmonary resection
• VATS pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax or malignant effusion
• VATS drainage and decortication for empyema
• VATS lung biopsy
• VATS or subxyphoid procedures for pericardial biopsy, drainage or resection
• Resection of mediastinal tumors
• Thymectomy  

Vascular Surgery

• Carotid endarterectomy
• Aortic aneurysm repair
• Aortobifemoral bypass
• Infrainguinal bypass (femoral-popliteal, etc.)
• Varicose vein sclerotherapy
• Endovenous laser ablation