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Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
For the past 30 years, traditional coronary artery bypass surgery has been done using a traditional approach. However, at Genesis, leading-edge technology is replacing stitches with staples while surgeons operate on beating hearts. Genesis heart surgeons Nicholas Augelli, M.D., and Robert Fietsam, M.D., discuss "off-pump," or beating-heart coronary artery bypass surgery, using Cardica’s C-Port system, which deploys tiny, stainless steel staples to secure the bypass vessel to the coronary artery. Drs. Augelli and Fietsam were the first in the Quad Cities and among the first in Iowa to use the new device. For patients, the result is a quicker surgery; a day less in the hospital (approximately),and a faster recovery. If early studies hold true, there is a better chance that bypassed vessels will remain free of blockages over time.
View a webcast of this surgery.
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Minimally-Invasive Thoracic Aortic Endograft
Treating a life-threatening thoracic aortic aneurysm no longer requires opening the chest, removing the diseased section of the aorta and sewing a synthetic graft in its place. Cardiothoracic surgeon Richard Sadler, M.D., Chest & Vascular Surgery, P.C., uses a new, less invasive treatment to place an endovascular graft inside the diseased aorta. To hear him discuss this new treatment option, click here.
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Cryoablation
An alternative treatment for atrial fibrillation is being tested in a clinical trial at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport. Cardiologist Michael Giudici, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, P.C., performed a first-in-the-region procedure that uses extreme cold to treat this type of irregular heartbeat. To hear Dr. Giudici talk about encouraging results from cryoablation.
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