SOURCE: OR-Live, Inc.
June 03, 2008 07:15 ET
REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Live Webcast: From the Heart Institute of Staten Island: June 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
STATEN ISLAND, NY--(Marketwire - June 3, 2008) - Dr. Joseph McGinn, an internationally
renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, is the Medical Director of the Heart
Institute of Staten Island and the Director of Cardiac Surgery at Staten
Island University Hospital. Dr. McGinn is spearheading the way to a new
era in CABG
surgery and on June 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM EDT, Dr. McGinn will conduct a
live surgical webcast of a minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery (MICS CABG). A leading
authority and pioneer in MICS CABG, Dr. McGinn has performed more than 350
MICS CABG
procedures, averaging 3-4 cases per week.
With four cardiac surgeons, completing more than 4,000 heart surgeries
since its founding in 2001, The Heart
Institute of Staten Island is among New York State's top medical
centers performing coronary artery bypass surgery. According to the New
York State Department of Health, the Institute has attained this standing
while accepting higher risk patients and still has the lowest mortality
rate for
open-heart surgery.
Worldwide, approximately 675,000 patients require some form of coronary
artery bypass surgery each year. A majority of those patients are
receiving arrested heart procedures,
others beating heart procedures, and
a growing number are receiving minimally invasive CABG procedures.
Dr. Joseph Sabik, III, MD, FACC, FACS, Chairman of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, will moderate this surgery
as Dr. McGinn utilizes technology from Medtronic to perform an off-pump,
multi-vessel CABG procedure in which the internal mammary artery
harvest and the anastomoses are performed under direct vision through a
lateral
mini-thoracotomy. In order to achieve complete revascularization in this
minimally invasive procedure, a hybrid approach or a pump-assisted beating
heart approach is sometimes employed.
In speaking of the procedure, Dr. McGinn comments, "MICS CABG is a safe
procedure with acceptable short-term results and has less procedural
complexity than previous minimally invasive coronary bypass procedures.
This procedure has the potential for wide acceptance from both patients and
providers." The potential benefits of the MICS CABG procedure include a
reduced hospital stay, faster recovery, improved cosmetic outcome, and
greater patient and referring physician satisfaction.
Visit: http://www.or-live.com/MedtronicMICS/1996 to learn more and view a
program preview. VNR: http://www.or-live.com