Hybrid Procedures: Collaboration with Interventional Cardiology
Guest: Elizabeth Stephens, MD, PhD and Jason Anderson, MD
Host: Malcolm R. Bell, MD
Overview:
Increasingly, collaboration between interventional cardiology and congenital cardiac surgeons has been used to optimize care for patients with congenital heart disease. Multi-disciplinary care is key, and “hybrid” procedures can be part of that collaboration. Effective use of catheter-procedures can help decrease the number of cardiac operations for many patients and new technologies are continually being developed in this space.
Topics Discussed:
• What are “hybrid procedures” in cardiac surgery?
• What age and diagnoses of congenital heart disease patients are candidates for hybrid procedures?
• I’ve heard of the heart team approach or emphasis of multi-disciplinary approach at Mayo, what does that mean and is that important for parents and patients to look for?
• Can you discuss how you decide whether a surgical or catheter approach is better?
• A recent advancement is pulmonary flow regulators – can you explain what those are and how they have been used?
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