Monday, December 12, 2011
Hoag Hospital Unveils New Model For Cardiac Care
- Opens “Hybrid” Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
- Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute among select few to use Edwards Lifesciences
new heart valve
- Surgical team includes one of two local specialists trained in using custom
BMW robotic surgical system
- Named after Newport Beach couple who donated $2 million
Newport Beach, Calif. – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced the opening
of one of the world’s most advanced cardiac operating suites.
The Bob and Marjie Bennett Hybrid Surgical Suite is named in honor of the
Newport Beach couple whose $2 million
donation provided the catalyst for the facility. The hybrid cardiovascular operating
room includes a custom robot --
Siemen’s Artis Zeego robotic imaging system with 3D and 4D reconstruction software
-- which is used to produce imaging in everything from open-heart surgeries
to angioplasty and stenting.
The opening of this hybrid cardiovascular operating room is a milestone
not only for
Hoag, but for Orange County patient care,” said Richard M. Afable, M.D.,
Hoag’s president and chief executive officer. “By receiving
diagnostic imaging and surgical procedures simultaneously in the same
room from a comprehensive team of specialists, surgeons will benefit from
much faster access to critical information. Cardiovascular patients will
benefit from more efficient treatment and potentially shorter hospital
stays, faster
recoveries and improved outcomes.”
As further evidence of Hoag’s Heart and Valve Institute’s leading
national role in cardiovascular care, the hospital recently became one
of a select few in the United States to treat patients with the recently
FDA-approved Edwards Lifesciences SAPIEN Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve
(TAVR). It provides a superior alternative for patients who were treated
with medication or balloon aortic valvuloplasty.
Edwards only chose a handful of nationally renowned hospitals to offer
this new therapy. Hoag is the only hospital in Orange County.
“There is a reason why Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute is at the
top of our list to utilize the new TAVR value,” said Michael A.
Mussallem, chairman and CEO of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. “This
new hybrid operating room, combined with the finest team of cardiologists,
cardiac surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists, interventional cardiologists
and state of the art technology creates a truly unique cardiac care unit
unmatched in the region.”
Aidan Raney, M.D., F.A.C.C., medical director of cardiovascular surgery
at HHVI and the Pamela & Jim Muzzy Endowed Chair, said the new hybrid
operating room and SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Value will “shape
the future of cardiovascular care. Combining first-rate imaging capabilities
with this operating room gives us unprecedented flexibility in real time
to do what’s best for the patient,” added Raney, one of only
a few hybrid cardiac surgeons in the world trained as both a cardiovascular
surgeon and an interventionist who can combine highly advanced, minimally
invasive procedures with open surgical procedures. “It also gives
us a tremendous opportunity to adapt things we know today into the minimally
invasive procedures of tomorrow.”
The operating room’s benefactors said they were pleased to have a
role in bringing one of the nation’s best cardiac care facilities
to Newport Beach’s premier hospital.
“Hoag Hospital is one of the nation’s finest medical centers,
and Marjie and I are honored to have had the opportunity to help bring
this important hybrid operating room to Orange County,” said Bob
Bennett, a nationally renowned broadcaster and philanthropist who founded
what is now Fox Television. “From its physicians to its nurses to
its administrators, Hoag combines leading health care with genuine compassion
for everyone it treats, and it will be thrilling to watch how they use
this advanced operating room to enhance the hospital’s mission and
reputation, and most important, the patient care it provides.”
“We are very excited about the potential of the new surgical suite
to revolutionize the way we treat patients by integrating traditional
cardiac surgery with endovascular surgery techniques and technology,”
added Raney. “This truly bridges the best of what we do today with
the latest advances in our quickly evolving field.”
About Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Hoag is a non-profit regional healthcare delivery network in Orange County,
California that treats nearly 30,000 inpatients and 350,000 outpatients
annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals, seven health
centers and five urgent care centers. Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which has served
Orange County since 1952, and Hoag Hospital Irvine, which opened in 2010,
are designated Magnet hospitals by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC). Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services that
include five institutes providing specialized services in the following
areas: cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women’s health
and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate Hoag Orthopedic Institute.
Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the U.S. News
& World Report Metro Edition. National Research Corporation has endorsed
Hoard as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 15
consecutive years ad for an unprecedented 15 years, residents of Orange
County have chosen Hoag as the county’s best hospital in a local
newspaper survey.