The cardiothoracic surgeons utilize
leading edge technology and procedures such as
off-pump bypass, which has been a significant
development for area heart patients.
Unlike traditional bypass surgery during which
the heart is stopped and the heart-lung machine
is used to maintain blood flow, the off-pump bypass
procedure allows the patient's heart to remain
beating. Patients who have off-pump bypass are
able to breathe on their own quicker and return
to normal lifestyles sooner. |
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The latest advancement available
is heart bypass surgery using an aortic connector,
a new medical tool recently approved by the FDA
that allows a surgeon to do bypass on the beating
heart without sutures.
Southeast Missouri Hospital's heart surgery team have brought many cardiovascular
surgery advances to the area. They were the first
in the region to offer:
- All arterial bypass grafting, including radial
artery
- All valve repairs, including stentless insertions
- Off-pump coronary artery bypass (surgery performed
without stopping the heart);
- Bypass with endoscopic vein harvesting;
- Bypass using aortic connector
- Endovascular AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm)
repairs.
In addition, Southeast Missouri Hospital’s
heart surgery team became one of the first in
the nation qualified to offer a technique
allowing the connection of saphenous vein grafts
to the aorta without sutures. The goal of the
procedure is to reduce the risk of complications
and shorten hospital stays. |
