BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Pa (Northampton County) – Just weeks after opening, St. Luke’s Heart Hospital at the Anderson Campus has completed its first cardiac surgery, marking a major milestone for the new facility dedicated to advanced heart and vascular care.
The complex open-heart procedure involved replacing a patient’s aortic valve and repairing an aneurysm in the ascending aorta, the major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
According to St. Luke’s University Health Network, the surgery was performed by Dr. Jose D. Amortegui, chief of cardiac surgery, with assistance from a multidisciplinary team of anesthesia professionals, nurses, perfusionists, technologists and support staff…