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Coronary artery bypass surgery or interventional cardiology? Why not both? Let's go
for hybrid coronary revascularization
Khalida Soomro
Hamdard University Hospital, Pakistan
T
he options for coronary artery disease have greatly
expanded during the course of the last 2 1/2 decades
with the advent of hybrid technology in the 1990s. Which
implies using both interventional cardiology and cardiac
surgery to offer the patients the best available treatments
for CAD while minimizing the risks of the surgery, example
can be a patient with a partial blockage in one coronary
artery and a complete blockage in another. In this case,
a combination revascularization approach might work
best to restore blood flow to the heart muscle. Another
beneficial approach can be a fixing associated heart
rhythm abnormality involving catheter ablation or
implantation of devices for brady-arrhythmias, Hybrid
Cardiac Surgery a collaborative approach reduces risk
of complication, shorten recovery times and improve
outcomes This fragmented approach to care is starting to
change to a much-needed innovation in hospital design by
set up including all the equipment needed for diagnostic
imaging, minimally invasive procedures, and traditional
surgery, the key requirement is productive collaboration
of heart team comprising heart surgeons, cardiologists,
electrophysiologists, by working together in the same
space, at the same time. Although indications and patient
selection of these procedures are still to be defined but
high-risk patients have already been shown to benefit
from hybrid approaches.
e:
prokhalidasoomro@hotmail.com