Prof. Dr. Tayfun Aybek

Surgical Spectrum

Adult Cardiac Surgeries

  • Beating Heart Bypass
  • (Off-Pump Technique, MIDCAB Technique) Closure of Heart Defects with Small Incision
  • (Minimally Invasive ASD Closure)
  • Valve Repair or Replacement with Small Incision
  • Total Endoscopic Surgeries with Robotic Surgery (Da Vinci System)
  • Arrhythmia Surgery, Atrial Ablation Techniques, Pacemaker or ICD Implantation
  • Thoracic Aortic Surgery
  • Aortic Valve Repair or Replacement with Small Incision
  • Aortic Root Surgery
  • Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Peripheral Vascular and Carotid Surgery

Congenital Heart Surgeries

  • Pediatric and Neonatal Heart Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
  • Experiences with Cyanotic / Non-Cyanotic, Palliative or Corrective Surgical Interventions, Support Systems such as ECMO, NO

Scientific Studies in Cardiac Surgery

1997 – 2006 Minimal Invasive “Small Incision” Bypass

1997 – 2006 Minimal Invasive Valve Repair with “Small Incision”

1998 – 2006 Heart Bypass Treatment with Robotics

  • Double Bypass Surgery Without Opening the Chest with Robots
  • Closure of ASD Without Opening the Chest Using Robots
  • Total Endoscopic Intervention on the Right Coronary Artery with Robotics

2001 – 2012 Concept of Surgery on the Main Artery without Cooling the Patient (Mild Hypothermia)

2001 – 2006 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Awake Patients (Quality of Life, Mobilization, Endogenous Hormones, and Stress Factors)

1997 – 2006 Full Artery Bypass Treatment on Beating Heart, Clinical Follow-up Results (Mild Hypothermia)

2005 Invention of the Full Organ Perfusion Cannula in Aortic Surgery

2006 Research on the Application of Radiofrequency Chip Technology in Medicine

“Wireless left atrial pressure device”

“Wireless coronary flow device”