Cardiac Surgical and Emergency Care

Surgery & Other Inpatient Care
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital provides around-the-clock surgical care for adult and pediatric heart patients. Additionally, our surgical intensive care unit (SICU) provides care for the most serious patients, and we provide telemetry beds for 24-hour monitoring. Surgical procedures done at Lutheran General include:

• Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB)
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
• Valve Repair and Replacement
• Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation

Emergency Care
A Level I Trauma Center, Lutheran General’s newly renovated Emergency Department is among the most sophisticated in the northwest suburbs. If an emergency situation develops, it is an ideal facility for comprehensive cardiac care. Utilizing our chest pain protocol, emergency physicians can quickly diagnosis cardiac conditions and differentiate heart problems from other non-cardiac conditions with similar symptoms. Medication and other treatments to alleviate blood clots, reverse potential heart failure and minimize trauma are among the routine medical interventions completed in our Emergency Department.