OFF-PUMP MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY

What is "Off-Pump" Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?

Off-Pump heart surgery or "Beating Heart" surgery is a surgical procedure performed to treat narrowed or blocked coronary arteries. Traditionally, heart bypass surgery was performed with the help of a heart lung machine to stabilize the heart and maintain the blood supply to the body during the surgery. Off-Pump surgery, a minimally invasive approach, is now performed without the use of a heart lung machine, with the heart actively beating.

The goal of off-pump heart surgery is to relieve the symptoms of coronary artery disease and improve the blood flow to the heart. During the procedure, a 2 to 3-inch incision is made over the chest wall, between the ribs. A healthy vein or artery is taken from the patient's chest, leg or arm and used as a graft around the blocked artery. This allows the blood to "bypass" the blockage and flow freely to the heart muscle. A special device is used to stabilize the heart while the heart is still beating and pumping blood to the body.

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The potential benefits of minimally invasive off-pump heart surgery may include the following:

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• Faster recovery

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• Shorter hospital stay

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• Minimal bleeding

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• Reduced risk of stroke and kidney failure

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• Lower risk of infection

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• Reduced need for blood transfusions

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• Lower risk of an irregular heartbeat

Other Heart Services

• Advanced EP Treatment

• Advanced Lipid Testing

• Aeromedical Consult

• Aeromedical Exam

• AFIB Corrective Surgery

• AFIB/Atrial Flutter Ablation

• Alcohol Septal Ablation

• Aortic Surgery

• ASD Closure

• Balloon Valvuloplasty

• Cardiac Bypass

• Cardiac Catheterization

• Cardiac/Coronary CT Angiogram

• Cardiac MRI

• Cardiac Surgery

• Cardiology Consult

• CardioMEMS

• Coronary Calcium Score

• Coronary Stents

• Defibrillators

• Dedicated CHF Clinics

• Device Follow-up

• Echocardiogram

• Electrical Cardioversion

• Electrocardiogram (EKG)

• Electrophysiology (EP) Study

• Event Monitor

• Exercise Therapy

• Heart Failure Management

• Holter Monitor

• ICD

• ICD/PPM Implantation

• Implantable Loop Recorder

• Laser Lead Extraction

• Lung Surgery

• LVAD

• LV Remodeling

• Metabolic Stress Testing

• Mitral Valve Repair

• Nuclear Testing

• Off-Pump Cardiac Surgery

• Pacemakers

• Percutaneous LVAD

• Percutaneous MVR

• PCI

• Percutaneous Talent Device

• PTCA

• PFO Closure

• Stress Testing

• TAVR

• Tilt Table

• TEE

• Transplantation Evaluation

• Valvular Surgery

• Watchman

It can also be performed on high risk patients with other co-morbid diseases such as lung disease, kidney failure and peripheral vascular disease.