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Radial Artery Harvesting
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Resynchronization Therapy
Minimally Invasive Mitral and Aortic Valve Replacement
Radial Artery Harvesting
Rather than using the saphenous vein from the leg for bypass grafting, the radial artery from the arm is harvested and used. The radial artery resists the atherosclerotic process more than the saphenous vein. The arm suffers no ischemia with the removal of this artery because the blood supply to the hand is assessed preoperatively in selected patients.
Resynchronization Therapy, New Hope for Heart Failure Patients
Deborah Heart and Lung Center is participating in Companion, a multicenter randomized clinical study evaluating new treatment options for people with failing hearts. An ‘implanted electrical device’ synchronizes the beating of the heart’s pumping chambers, sending blood into the arteries and on through the body. In heart failure patients, blood remains in the heart, causing stress and an enlarged heart.

These implantable devices, similar to a pacemaker or defibrillator, offer the potential to relieve symptoms and positively affect the lives of heart failure patients, who, at this time, have few options. Heart Failure patients and their families can get more information on the Companion study by calling Deborah at 1-800-555-1990.

Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR)
Through the use of a laser, holes are made directly in the heart muscle with the purpose of creating tunnels to increase blood flow to that area of the heart muscle. This procedure is applicable to patients who are not good candidates for bypass grafting because of poor distal run-offs of their arteries.
Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB)
MIDCAB is bypass surgery that is done without stopping the heart and placing the patient on a heart/lung machine. The surgery is performed through a four inch incision. This procedure is applicable for single bypass grafts to the LAD.

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