Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic: A Center Where Advanced Technology, Scientific Expertise, and an Experienced Surgical Team Come Together

Cardiovascular diseases are among the complex health conditions that require accurate diagnosis, timely intervention, and extensive experience. Particularly in high-risk conditions such as advanced age, multivessel disease, heart valve diseases, aortic diseases, heart failure, and previous cardiac surgeries, it is of great importance that the treatment process be managed by an experienced team, supported by strong technological infrastructure, and guided by a multidisciplinary approach.

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic provides comprehensive healthcare services for a wide range of cardiovascular diseases through its modern healthcare infrastructure, advanced diagnostic and treatment facilities, experienced surgical staff, and multidisciplinary working model.

At our clinic, not only the patient’s existing disease but also their age, general health condition, accompanying diseases, functional capacity of the heart, and long-term quality-of-life goals are evaluated together. An individualized treatment plan is developed for each patient in accordance with scientific evidence, clinical experience, and individual needs.

Advanced Cardiac Surgery at One of Europe’s Largest Healthcare Campuses

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital is one of the largest integrated healthcare centers in Türkiye and Europe, with its high bed capacity, comprehensive healthcare services, advanced technological infrastructure, and structure that brings together numerous medical specialties within the same campus.

With approximately 4,050 beds, 958 intensive care beds, 131 operating rooms, and extensive multidisciplinary healthcare infrastructure, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital enables advanced diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and intensive care services to be provided in a coordinated manner within the same healthcare campus.

With an enclosed area of approximately 1.3 million square meters, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital is one of the largest healthcare campuses built in a single phase in Europe and one of the world’s leading integrated healthcare infrastructure projects.

Approximately 7 million outpatient examinations are performed at the hospital annually, while an average of 30,000 patients receive outpatient healthcare services daily. This high-volume healthcare ecosystem, where approximately 200,000 surgical procedures are performed annually, enables various clinical disciplines to provide coordinated and uninterrupted services under the same roof.

This large scale represents not only physical capacity but also a comprehensive healthcare ecosystem that brings together high patient volume, extensive clinical experience, a strong healthcare workforce, and advanced medical services.

The Legacy of Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital and the Strength of Bilkent City Hospital

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic combines the clinical, academic, and educational legacy of Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, one of Türkiye’s most established institutions in cardiovascular healthcare, with today’s modern healthcare infrastructure.

The extensive experience in advanced cardiac surgery developed over many years at Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital has established a strong clinical culture in the management of high-risk patients, advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support systems, heart transplantation, complex aortic surgery, and multidisciplinary cardiovascular care.

This long-established experience has been combined with the extensive patient capacity, advanced technological infrastructure, and integrated healthcare system of Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, which brings together different medical specialties.

Today, our clinic serves as a strong cardiovascular referral center that carries the knowledge and experience inherited from the past into the future through high surgical volume, modern operating room infrastructure, and multidisciplinary care facilities.

A 500-Bed Cardiovascular Hospital

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Hospital within Ankara Bilkent City Hospital is a comprehensive center where the diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and intensive care processes of cardiovascular diseases are managed holistically.

With a capacity of approximately 500 beds, Yüksek İhtisas Cardiovascular Hospital enables close cooperation among related medical specialties such as cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, pulmonology, and thoracic surgery.

Thanks to this structure, patients can undergo comprehensive evaluation within the same healthcare campus, from diagnosis to advanced imaging, from interventional procedures to surgical treatment, and from intensive care services to rehabilitation and long-term follow-up.

Particularly in patients with complex and high-risk cardiac conditions, the rapid and coordinated collaboration of different medical specialties contributes to a more comprehensive evaluation of treatment decisions and the holistic planning of patient care.

High Surgical Volume and Advanced Surgical Capacity in Cardiovascular Surgery

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Yüksek İhtisas Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic is a high-volume cardiac surgery center performing approximately 3,000 open-heart surgeries annually.

This surgical volume encompasses a broad patient population, including coronary artery surgery, heart valve surgery, complex aortic surgery, repeat cardiac operations, advanced heart failure surgery, mechanical circulatory support systems, heart transplantation, and high-risk cardiovascular interventions.

High surgical volume allows experienced surgical teams to regularly encounter different and complex clinical conditions and contributes to the development of strong institutional experience in preoperative evaluation, surgical planning, intensive care management, and postoperative follow-up.

Surgical procedures performed at our clinic are carried out in accordance with patient safety principles, current scientific evidence, multidisciplinary decision-making processes, and a commitment to continuous quality improvement.

Despite our high-risk and complex patient population, our surgical outcomes are regularly evaluated and monitored with the aim of achieving mortality and morbidity outcomes consistent with internationally accepted quality indicators and those of high-volume cardiac surgery centers.

Success is evaluated not only by the number of operations performed but also by appropriate patient selection, suitable surgical strategies, prevention of complications, effective intensive care management, patient safety, and long-term clinical outcomes.

12 Operating Rooms and Hybrid Surgical Infrastructure

Our Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic has extensive and advanced surgical infrastructure, including 12 modern operating rooms dedicated exclusively to cardiac surgery.

These operating rooms accommodate a wide range of surgical procedures, from routine cardiac surgical interventions to advanced and high-risk operations.

Our main areas of surgical practice include:

• Coronary artery bypass surgery
• Multivessel coronary bypass operations
• Mitral, aortic, and tricuspid valve surgery
• Heart valve repair and replacement
• Complex operations involving multiple heart valves
• Aortic root surgery
• Ascending aorta and aortic arch surgery
• Acute aortic dissection surgery
• Complex aortic aneurysm operations
• Repeat cardiac surgery in patients who have previously undergone heart operations
• Advanced heart failure surgery
• Left ventricular assist device procedures
• Mechanical circulatory support systems
• Heart transplantation
• Surgical treatment of cardiac tumors
• Pulmonary endarterectomy and surgery for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
• Emergency and high-risk cardiac surgical interventions

The hybrid operating room at our clinic combines advanced imaging and surgical technologies within the same environment, allowing surgical and interventional techniques to be applied together in suitable patients.

Hybrid surgical infrastructure provides an important advantage, particularly for patients with complex aortic diseases, advanced vascular diseases, and conditions in which both open surgery and endovascular or interventional approaches are considered together.

This structure contributes to the planning of different treatment methods within the same process according to the patient’s clinical needs and enables the more effective implementation of multidisciplinary treatment options.

Advanced Intensive Care and Postoperative Care

Successful outcomes in cardiac surgery are not limited to the technical completion of the operation.

Postoperative intensive care management encompasses numerous critical processes, including support of cardiac function, respiratory therapy, preservation of kidney function, bleeding control, prevention of infections, neurological monitoring, and early rehabilitation.

The extensive intensive care infrastructure and multidisciplinary healthcare services of Ankara Bilkent City Hospital enable comprehensive postoperative monitoring, particularly for high-risk and complex cardiac surgery patients.

At our Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, surgeons, cardiovascular anesthesiologists, intensive care teams, cardiologists, perfusionists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals work in coordination.

This team-based approach is of great importance in improving patient safety, identifying complications early, managing treatment processes rapidly, and ensuring that patients safely progress into the recovery phase.

High Surgical Volume, Strong Infrastructure, and Measurable Quality

The strength of Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Yüksek İhtisas Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic does not arise solely from the number of operations performed.

The fundamental strengths of our clinic are shaped by:

• The long-established clinical legacy inherited from Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital
• Approximately 3,000 open-heart surgeries annually
• High surgical volume and an experienced surgical team
• 12 modern cardiac surgery operating rooms
• Hybrid operating room infrastructure
• An approximately 500-bed Cardiovascular Hospital
• The extensive 4,050-bed healthcare infrastructure of Ankara Bilkent City Hospital
• 958 intensive care beds
• 131 operating rooms
• Advanced cardiac imaging and interventional treatment facilities
• Close cooperation between cardiology and cardiovascular surgery
• Experience in advanced heart failure, LVAD, and heart transplantation
• Multidisciplinary management of complex and high-risk patients
• Continuous quality improvement and regular evaluation of clinical outcomes

Experience from the Past, Today’s Technology, and the Future of Cardiac Surgery

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic brings together the long-established clinical legacy of Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, the modern infrastructure of one of Europe’s largest healthcare campuses, and extensive experience in high-volume cardiac surgery under the same roof.

At our clinic, where thousands of open-heart surgeries are performed every year, a scientific approach, advanced technology, experienced teamwork, and patient-centered care are integrated into a holistic treatment model.

Our goal is not only to provide advanced surgical services to every patient but also to ensure a safe, scientific, personalized, and sustainable treatment process, from accurate diagnosis to long-term follow-up.

A long-established legacy. Extensive surgical experience. Advanced technology. Cardiac surgery in accordance with international standards.

“Our clinic, which performs approximately 3,000 open-heart surgeries annually, combines its high surgical volume with mortality and morbidity outcomes consistent with internationally accepted quality indicators, multidisciplinary care, and a commitment to continuous quality improvement.”

Comprehensive Cardiovascular Surgery Services

At our Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, we provide services to a broad patient population, ranging from simple and routine surgical interventions to advanced and high-risk operations.

Our main areas of surgical practice include:

• Coronary artery bypass surgery
• Surgical treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease
• Surgical treatment of heart valve diseases
• Aortic valve repair and replacement
• Mitral valve repair and replacement
• Tricuspid valve surgery
• Complex operations involving multiple heart valves
• Surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms
• Aortic root, ascending aorta, and aortic arch surgery
• Treatment of life-threatening emergency aortic diseases such as acute aortic dissection
• Repeat cardiac surgery in patients who have previously undergone heart operations
• Pulmonary endarterectomy (CTEPH surgery)
• Surgical treatment of cardiac tumors
• Surgical treatment of advanced heart failure
• Mechanical circulatory support systems
• Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) procedures
• Heart transplantation and advanced heart failure treatments
• Surgical treatment of carotid artery diseases
• Emergency cardiovascular surgical interventions

Each patient’s treatment plan is developed by taking into account the anatomical characteristics of the disease and the patient’s clinical needs. In patients requiring surgical treatment, the potential benefits, risks, and alternatives of the proposed procedure are discussed in detail with the patient and their family.

Complex and High-Risk Cardiac Surgery

One of the important areas of practice at our clinic is complex cardiac surgery, which requires advanced expertise and extensive experience.

Patients with diseases involving multiple heart valves, advanced coronary artery disease, large aortic aneurysms, acute aortic dissections, advanced heart failure, previous cardiac surgeries, and multiple organ diseases undergo a detailed and multidisciplinary evaluation process.

In these patients, surgical decisions are based not only on imaging findings but also on a combined evaluation of the heart’s pumping function, lung function, kidney function, neurological status, infection risk, and the patient’s overall clinical condition.

The aim is not only to perform a successful operation but also to protect patient safety, reduce the risk of complications, and support long-term quality of life.

Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Heart Transplantation

Advanced heart failure is a complex clinical condition that cannot be controlled by medication alone and may seriously affect patients’ quality of life.

When heart failure reaches an advanced stage, patients are evaluated with the participation of cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, intensive care, anesthesiology, imaging, infectious diseases, and other relevant medical specialties.

In suitable patients, advanced treatment options are considered, including:

• Advanced heart failure treatments
• Temporary mechanical circulatory support systems
• Long-term left ventricular assist devices
• Preparation for heart transplantation
• Heart transplantation
• Long-term follow-up after heart transplantation

The treatment of patients who receive mechanical circulatory support devices or undergo heart transplantation is not limited to surgery. During the postoperative period, device management, anticoagulant therapy, infection control, rehabilitation, and regular clinical follow-up are continued through a holistic approach.

Multidisciplinary Treatment Approach

Successful treatment of cardiovascular diseases depends not only on surgical experience but also on the coordinated work of different medical specialties.

At our clinic, patients are evaluated together, when necessary, by specialists in:

• Cardiovascular surgery
• Cardiology
• Anesthesiology and reanimation
• Intensive care
• Radiology
• Nuclear medicine
• Pulmonology
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Infectious diseases
• Endocrinology
• Physical therapy and rehabilitation
• Nutrition and dietetics

This multidisciplinary approach contributes to more accurate treatment decisions, holistic planning of the treatment process, and improved patient safety, particularly in complex and high-risk patients.

Modern Technology and Advanced Surgical Infrastructure

Success in cardiac surgery depends on the combined effectiveness of surgical experience, technological infrastructure, and efficient team coordination.

The advanced imaging systems, modern operating rooms, comprehensive intensive care facilities, and multidisciplinary healthcare services available at Ankara Bilkent City Hospital enable patients’ diagnostic, treatment, and follow-up processes to be managed holistically within the same healthcare campus.

Before surgery, the patient’s cardiac and vascular anatomy is evaluated in detail. During surgery, advanced anesthesia and monitoring methods are used. Following surgery, patients are closely monitored by experienced intensive care teams.

This approach aims to support patient safety and quality of care at every stage of the treatment process.

Patient-Centered and Personalized Treatment

Every cardiac patient’s clinical condition is different. Two patients with the same diagnosis may differ in age, cardiac function, vascular anatomy, accompanying diseases, and treatment needs.

Therefore, the treatment approach at our clinic is based on individualized assessment rather than a standardized practice.

The treatment process aims to include:

• Detailed evaluation of the disease
• Planning of necessary diagnostic examinations
• Comparison of surgical and interventional treatment options
• Assessment of treatment risks
• Determination of the appropriate surgical method for the patient
• Planning of postoperative care
• Continuation of long-term clinical follow-up

It is of great importance that patients and their families understand the treatment process correctly, actively participate in decision-making, and receive clear answers to all their questions.

Postoperative Follow-Up and Rehabilitation

In cardiac surgery, treatment does not end when the operation is completed. A successful recovery process requires effective intensive care management, early mobilization, appropriate medication, infection control, nutritional support, and regular follow-up.

Our patients’ postoperative care processes are planned according to their clinical needs. Following discharge, coordinated follow-up with cardiology and other relevant specialties is provided when necessary.

The aim is to help patients safely return to their daily lives, maintain their heart health, and support their long-term quality of life.

Scientific Education and Academic Approach

Our Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic is not only a center providing patient treatment but also an academic working environment that contributes to scientific production, specialty training, clinical research, and professional development.

Through scientific meetings, clinical training programs, national and international collaborations, the aim is to transfer current knowledge and technologies into clinical practice.

In today’s continuously evolving field of medicine, combining clinical experience with current scientific evidence is a fundamental approach to sustainably improving the quality of patient care.

Comprehensive Evaluation for International Patients

For patients applying from outside Türkiye, a preliminary evaluation of existing medical documents and imaging results may be performed.

Depending on the patient’s clinical condition, a comprehensive approach is provided in the following areas:

• Evaluation of medical reports
• Review of imaging results
• Identification of necessary additional examinations
• Evaluation of treatment options
• Determination of the need for surgical intervention
• Planning of the diagnostic and treatment process in Türkiye
• Development of postoperative follow-up recommendations

The aim is to ensure that the treatment process for international patients is carried out in a planned, transparent, and coordinated manner as much as possible.

Trust, Experience, and Science in Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac surgery is not a field that requires only technical skills. Choosing the right treatment at the right time, evaluating the patient’s individual characteristics, anticipating potential risks, and effectively managing the postoperative process are also integral parts of treatment.

At Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Yüksek İhtisas Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, a scientific approach, experienced teamwork, advanced technology, and patient-centered care come together.

Our goal is to provide every patient with safe, comprehensive, and personalized treatment based on current scientific evidence; not only to treat the disease but also to contribute to our patients’ quality of life and future.