Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at Shenzhen Qianhai Taikang Hospital: procedures, team and how to be assessed
edit_noteBy MedTravel China Editorial Team
Shenzhen Qianhai Taikang Hospital's Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery is one of the hospital's first core key disciplines, led by senior specialists transferred from major Class-A tertiary hospitals. This article is built entirely on the department's own official release (published by the hospital on 20 August 2026, authored by the department and reviewed by Prof. Wang Zhiping and Prof. Chen Kailin): what the department treats, the techniques it describes, its surgical volume, its team and how to book.
helpQuestions patients bring to this department
- psychiatryRecurrent chest tightness or chest pain that medication does not control — is further assessment of the heart's vessels needed?
- psychiatryA lung nodule found on a health check — observe it, or treat it with minimally invasive surgery?
- psychiatryCongenital heart disease left untreated since childhood — is minimally invasive treatment still possible in adulthood?
- psychiatryA mediastinal mass — benign or malignant, and can thoracoscopic minimally invasive surgery remove it completely?
- psychiatryValve disease that has reached the point of surgery — besides open-chest surgery, are small-incision or interventional options available?
- psychiatryComplex coronary disease with valve calcification, where neither stenting nor standard bypass is feasible — what then?
About the department
- checkOne of the first core key disciplines the hospital built, led by Prof. Wang Zhiping, former Director of Cardiac Surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and Prof. Chen Kailin, former Director of Thoracic Surgery at Nanshan District People's Hospital.
- checkEight full-time physicians, three of them with senior titles; all hold master's degrees or above; team members come mainly from well-known Class-A tertiary hospitals in China.
- checkSub-specialties: cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery and comprehensive intervention.
- checkLife-support equipment including ECMO, cardiopulmonary bypass machines and intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP) supports high-risk cardiac and major-vessel surgery.
- checkRoutine services cover cardiopulmonary bypass cardiac surgery of all types, thoracoscopic minimally invasive surgery and peripheral vascular interventional treatment.
- checkCumulative surgical volume: 240 operations to date; all cardiac operations were grade IV (the highest complexity level), and difficult or critically ill cases accounted for more than 60%.
When to seek this department (as listed by the hospital)
- checkFrequent chest tightness or chest pain, or recurring, hard-to-control heart problems.
- checkDiagnosed or suspected coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease or congenital heart disease.
- checkPulmonary nodules, lung cancer, mediastinal masses or oesophageal disease that need minimally invasive assessment.
- checkGreat saphenous vein varicosity, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, or peripheral arterial/venous stenosis or thrombosis.
- checkDifficult cardiothoracic and vascular cases requiring thoracoscopic, interventional or hybrid procedures.
- checkComplex heart, lung and vascular disease needing multidisciplinary (MDT) assessment.
Procedures described in the official release
Coronary endarterectomy
●Patients with diffuse coronary disease: severe calcification along the whole vessel, a rigid vessel wall, or diffuse luminal narrowing with no suitable site for a graft — where stenting or standard interventional treatment is not possible.
●For diffuse disease that standard bypass cannot handle, the calcified intima and atherosclerotic plaque are peeled away under direct vision, combined with coronary artery bypass grafting in the same operation to achieve complete revascularisation. Graft sites are chosen flexibly according to intra-operative findings and the patient's ventricular function and target-vessel condition.
Complex coronary bypass (with ventricular aneurysm or valve disease)
●Patients with coronary disease plus a left ventricular aneurysm that needs resection, or plus moderate-to-severe valve disease needing treatment in the same operation, as well as total arterial grafting and bypass in elderly patients.
●Bypass is combined with aneurysm resection and left ventricular reconstruction, or with valve replacement/repair, avoiding the repeated trauma of staged operations. The internal mammary artery is the first choice for the left anterior descending graft, combined with saphenous vein or radial artery grafts for complete revascularisation. For patients with poor ventricular function, individualised intra-operative protection strategies (such as pre-emptive IABP) are used.
Redo valve replacement with aortic annulus enlargement
●Patients whose bioprosthesis has structurally failed after a first replacement, whose mechanical valve has seized (thrombosis), or who have severe prosthesis–patient mismatch (PPM) — typically redo mitral or aortic replacement, or combined double-valve replacement.
●Aortic annulus enlargement rebuilds the aortic valve and mitral curtain structure, addressing the exposure difficulties and small annulus typical of redo surgery. Fine sternal re-entry and adhesion-dissection strategies are used, with pre-operative 3D CT reconstruction to assess heart–sternum adhesions. Enlarging the annulus allows a larger prosthesis and improves post-operative haemodynamics.
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
●Patients with pulmonary nodules, lung cancer, bullae, pneumothorax, palmar hyperhidrosis and similar conditions.
●A single incision of about 3 cm in the chest through which all instruments and the camera are introduced — fewer incisions, and a widely used minimally invasive thoracic approach.
Radiofrequency ablation of the great saphenous vein
●Great saphenous varicosity with leg swelling, pigmentation or skin ulceration, especially elderly patients or those with underlying disease in whom open surgery carries higher risk.
●Puncture only, no open incision, performed under ultrasound guidance, with limited trauma and relatively fast recovery; the thermal injury zone is relatively controllable compared with high ligation and stripping or laser ablation.
Clinical activity since the department opened
- checkComplex valve replacement and repair — including multi-valve disease, redo replacement, atrial thrombus and double annulus enlargement — has been carried out successfully.
- checkCoronary artery bypass grafting and small-incision minimally invasive valve surgery are now routine; endoscopic vessel harvesting is used in bypass surgery, giving smaller incisions and less tissue trauma.
- checkCoronary endarterectomy is established as a routine procedure, providing key technical support for complex bypass.
- checkThe team routinely performs cardiopulmonary bypass cardiac surgery of all types, thoracoscopic cardiac surgery, uniportal thoracoscopic resection of lung and mediastinal masses, minimally invasive surgery for palmar hyperhidrosis, and peripheral vascular interventional treatment.
- checkThe department describes its technical direction as minimally invasive, hybrid and precision-based.
The team (as named in the official release)
badgeProf. Wang Zhiping — Director of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Chief physician and professor, doctoral supervisor; former Director of Cardiac Surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and former discipline leader of the national key clinical specialty in cardiac and major-vessel surgery; former Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Cardiovascular Surgery Branch; recipient of the Guangdong Medical Association Cardiovascular Surgery Branch Outstanding Contribution Award. Over 40 years in frontline clinical work with more than 5,000 cardiac operations completed; proficient across coronary bypass, valve surgery, major-vessel surgery, congenital heart disease correction and heart transplantation. Editor-in-chief of Key Techniques in the Surgical Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease.
badgeProf. Chen Kailin — Director of Thoracic Surgery
Chief physician; former Director of Thoracic Surgery at Nanshan District People's Hospital; Vice President of the first council of the Shenzhen Medical Doctors Association Thoracic Surgery Branch; member of the Wu Jieping Medical Foundation's sympathetic nerve (hyperhidrosis) surgery committee. 40 years in practice with nearly 10,000 operations; specialises in surgical and comprehensive treatment of lung cancer, pulmonary nodules, oesophageal cancer, mediastinal tumours, palmar hyperhidrosis and chest trauma, with a particular approach to pulmonary nodules.
badgeDr Dai Luping — Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Associate chief physician; member of the Shenzhen Medical Association Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment Committee and council member of the Shenzhen Medical Doctors Association Interventional Physicians Branch. Trained in vascular surgery at Diekoniekrankenhaus Rotenburg (Wuemme) in Germany and in interventional radiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the United States. Treats peripheral arterial stenosis/occlusion, aneurysms, varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency; interventional management of uterine fibroids and adenomyosis; imaging diagnosis and endovascular chemoembolisation or radiofrequency ablation for benign and malignant tumours including hepatic haemangioma, liver cancer, lung cancer and cervical cancer.
Getting here and booking
- checkCardiothoracic & vascular specialist and expert clinics: Building B, 2nd floor, combined internal medicine and surgery outpatient area.
- checkBooking: both online booking and on-site registration are available.
quizFrequently asked questions
Which hospital department in Shenzhen treats complex coronary and valve disease?
Shenzhen Qianhai Taikang Hospital's Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery describes coronary endarterectomy, complex coronary bypass combined with aneurysm resection or valve surgery, and redo valve replacement with annulus enlargement among its procedures. The department reports 240 operations to date, all cardiac operations being grade IV, with difficult or critical cases above 60%.
Can pulmonary nodules be removed through a small incision?
The department performs uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery through a single incision of about 3 cm, which the hospital lists for pulmonary nodules, lung cancer, bullae, pneumothorax and palmar hyperhidrosis.
Is a redo heart valve operation possible after a first replacement fails?
The official department release describes redo valve replacement with aortic annulus enlargement for patients whose bioprosthesis has failed, whose mechanical valve has seized, or who have severe prosthesis–patient mismatch, using sternal re-entry technique and pre-operative 3D CT assessment of adhesions.
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fact_checkSource & verification
- Primary source (official): 深圳前海泰康医院 official release “两周年特别策划｜学科巡礼：深圳前海泰康医院心胸血管外科”, published 20 August 2026 on the hospital's official WeChat account.
- Official attribution printed by the hospital: 供稿丨心胸血管外科 秦波 · 审核丨心胸血管外科 王治平、胸外科 陈开林. Names, titles, procedures and figures above are transcribed from that release; nothing has been added or inferred.
verifiedVerified by MedTravel China: 9 October 2026
This article summarises the hospital's own official publication for information only. It is not a diagnosis, a treatment recommendation or a promise of outcome. Whether any procedure is suitable for a particular patient is decided by the hospital's licensed physicians after in-person assessment.
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