Advanced Cardiac Surgery | Hybrid Valve and Coronary Surgery, ancient mythology has always had a fascination with Hybrids. They were imaginary creatures made up of body parts from different animals. The following picture is a good example of this definition. It shows you an Assyrian Shadu with the body of a bull, a set of wings and a human head. All these different parts were believed to come together to create a being with special powers.

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Advanced Cardiac Surgery | Hybrid Valve and Coronary Surgery, ancient mythology has always had a
fascination with Hybrids. They were imaginary creatures made up of body parts from different animals.
The following picture is a good example of this definition. It shows you an Assyrian Shadu with the body
of a bull, a set of wings and a human head. All these different parts were believed to come together to
create a being with special powers.
If we transfer the same definition to the treatment of heart disease, a hybrid cardiac procedure is a
combination of open heart surgery techniques and catheter-based intervention such as coronary
angioplasties and stents to device a less invasive operation on our patients.
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Stents and Balloon Angioplasties, let me add a few necessary details to bring you up to speed on these
technologies. Coronary artery disease is caused by severe blockages or stenoses in the arteries that
supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle.
Human hearts are supplied by three main coronary arteries: the Right Coronary Artery called the RCA
and the Left Coronary Artery called the LCA that splits soon after its take off in the Left Anterior
Descending also known as LAD and the Circumflex Artery or CX.
When you are told that you have “triple vessel disease“, that means that all three main vessels or the
LAD, CX and RCA or their branches have a more or less severe blockages. If it says “left main disease” it
means the LCA has a blockage before it splits into LAD and CX.
This is a serious problem, often nicknamed “the Widow Maker”, that demands immediate attention by a
heart surgeon. Think about it in plumbing terms, the more upstream the blockage is, the larger the
amount of heart muscle in danger.
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In plumbing terms, if you close the water main supply in your basement there will be no water
anywhere in the house. Many patients with single, double, triple vessel disease and left main disease
require life saving coronary bypass surgery and can often be excellent candidates for a minimally
invasive hybrid therapy of their disease.
To find out what your options are for Advanced Cardiac Surgery contact the Minimally Invasive and
Bloodless Heart Surgery Center at 330-363-1341.