The most innovative and comprehensive cardiac care in the Upstate can be found at the Heart Institute of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS). Annually, more than 10,000 patients choose GHS for cardiac care. Greenville Memorial Hospital, the flagship hospital of GHS, was recently rated as one the top 50 hospitals in US for Heart and Heart Surgery by U.S. News. GHS has the one of the largest groups of fellowship-trained cardiovascular surgeons in South Carolina. Our experienced cardiac surgical group performs state-of-the-art heart surgery with outstanding outcomes.
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Surgical treatment options include the following: Endarterectomy, Beating heart surgery - a bypass surgery performed without heart/lung machines, which allows for faster recovery from surgery. GHS has also adapted a heart/lung machine to reduce the amount of blood required, with the same strong outcomes. , Surgical Ventricle Restoration , Mitral Valve Repair , MAZE procedure to restore normal sinus rhythm: GHS cardiac surgeons perform both surgical MAZE and cautery MAZE techniques.GHS now offer mini-MAZE procedure for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Other core features of the Heart Institute include the Chest Pain Center. Speed, both in diagnosing and treating heart attacks, is the top factor in heart attack survivability As a result, the Heart Institute's Chest Pain Center was created. Located in the Emergency Trauma Center at Greenville Memorial Hospital, the center streamlines diagnosis and treatment for those with chest pain or other warning signs of heart attack. The Chest Pain Center at has been recognized as being among the top 2 percent in the nation for outstanding performance during a recent reaccreditation survey by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC).