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Your Heart is in Good Hands with the Expert Cardiac Surgery Team at Parkwest in Knoxville, TN

When you need heart surgery in Tennessee, you can rely on the team at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, TN to provide you with the best in comprehensive, compassionate, cutting edge cardiac surgical and care services.

At Parkwest Medical Center, our cardiac care departments are committed to making quality care and innovation our primary focus. As a result of this mission, Parkwest has been consistently named as a top performing heart hospital for our cardiac services.

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Contact the Cardiac Surgery Department at Parkwest Medical Center

For a referral to a cardiac surgeon please call us at 865-374-7275.

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Why Trust Your Cardiac Surgery Needs to Parkwest Medical Center?

At Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, TN, we’re on a mission to provide the very best cardiac surgical services to the people of East Tennessee whom we’re honored to serve.

Our team of elite cardiologists, specialty trained staff, outstanding cardiac catheterization facilities, and cardiac surgery suites distinguish us as the top-quality cardiac care facility in our Eastern Tennessee region.

On average, the Parkwest heart team performs over 3500 diagnostic procedures and 400 open heart surgeries per year.

When deciding whose hands to leave your heart in, you can trust the high performance heart team at Parkwest. We have the experience, knowledge, and expert tools needed to fight against heart disease.

With our excellent cardiac rehabilitation programs, you can not only have your cardiac surgery performed here on our conveniently located Knoxville campus—you can recover here, too!

At Parkwest, our cardiac surgical team takes a collaborative approach to patient care. This approach to quality patient care allows Parkwest cardiac surgeons to deliver you the highest standard of cardiac care.

Additional Information about Cardiac Surgical Services at Parkwest Medical Center

Parkwest Medical Center is honored to offer the people of Knoxville and Eastern Tennessee the quality cardiac surgical services you need and deserve.

With our experienced cardiac surgeons and professional team, we’re recognized as our region’s top-quality provider of cardiac surgery and care.

Cardiac Surgical Services and Resources

Our Hybrid Cardiac Operating Room

One of the cardiac treatment options at Parkwest Medical Center combines the best of a traditional surgical suite with large imaging equipment (such as real time X-ray and CT scanning capabilities), in a sterile setting.

The Parkwest hybrid OR allows less invasive, endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms in the chest and abdomen, via catheters placed in the arteries of the groin.

Our Level Of Surgical Skill

The high-performance heart team at Parkwest has received extensive and innovative training, allowing them to provide patients with an experienced outlook on their medical conditions.

As a proud member of the Covenant Health family of top-performing healthcare facilities, Parkwest Medical Center is ready to provide the people of East Tennessee with the highest quality in cardiac surgery and care services.

Covenant Health‘s Heart Surgery Program received the highest ratings from the International Thoracic Surgeons Society.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Covenant Health is the first health system in East Tennessee to offer this innovative procedure for replacing heart valves in patients with life-threatening aortic stenosis who cannot undergo heart surgery.

The risks and recovery time associated with TAVR are much less in comparison to other methods, and we’re pleased to include this vital service in our cardiac care offerings.

Learn more about your TAVR procedure at Parkwest Medical Center.

Additional Cardiac Services Offered at Parkwest Medical Center

When you’re searching for complete cardiac care services in East Tennessee, Parkwest Medical Center’s cardiac care units are here for you.

Learn More about Common Cardiac Issues

When you need more information about the common heart problems and issues we’re skilled at treating here at Parkwest Medical Center, we want to help!

Here are some helpful resources to enhance your knowledge about common cardiac issues and conditions—

  • What is heart failure?
  • What is a heart rhythm disorder?
  • What is a valve or structural heart disorder?

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