Southeast Missouri Hospital

Southeast Missouri Hospital introduced cardiovascular surgery to this area in 1984.

In the years since, the Regional Heart Center’s surgical team has been instrumental in bringing the latest heart surgery techniques to Cape Girardeau benefiting thousands of people throughout the region.

The Regional Heart Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital features eight surgical suites available for heart patients including four dedicated solely for heart surgery.

Cardiovascular surgery procedures available at Southeast include:

• Coronary artery bypass (CAB) grafts including off-pump procedures (surgery performed without stopping the heart)
• Mitral valve procedures
• Aortic valve procedures
• CAB grafts with carotid endarterectomies
• CAB grafts with aneurysm repairs
• Carotid endarterectomies
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery
• Lung Surgery
• Endovascular AAA (Abdominal aortic aneurysm) repairs

Over the years, the cardiovascular surgeons on staff at Southeast Missouri Hospital have introduced numerous leading-edge surgical procedures designed to reduce complications while improving overall quality of life for patients.

We're also providing outcomes that are consistently better than national averages.