Conway Regional Offers Full-Service Cardiac Care.Conway Regional Health System has spent more than $5 million expanding its cardiovascular services so area residents won't have to face traveling to Little Rock or Memphis for heart surgery. John Robbins, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the health system, said that with the addition of state-of-the-art surgical equipment, along with more than 20 highly trained staff members, "Conway Regional now has a complete cardiovascular program." "With the full-service cardiology program coming on-line, we have added a second dedicated cardiac cath lab A catheterization laboratory or cath lab is an examination room in a hospital or clinic with diagnostic imaging equipment to support the catheterization procedure. A catheter is inserted into a large artery, and various wires and devices can be inserted through the body via with specialized equipment for coronary interventional procedures such as coronary angioplasty and stent placement," said Arlene Montgomery, director of the cath lab. "Prior to that, we could diagnose the problem, but we could not intervene. A new cardiovascular intensive care unit opened in June, allowing open-heart patients to recuperate re·cu·per·ate v. To return to health or strength; recover. immediately after they leave the recovery room. One operating room operating room n. Abbr. OR A room equipped for performing surgical operations. is dedicated exclusively for open-heart surgery open-heart surgery Any surgical procedure opening the heart and exposing one or more of its chambers, most often to repair valve disease or correct congenital heart malformations (see congenital heart disease). . An additional operating room has heart equipment in case the first room is in use. Among the equipment added is an abiomed machine -- an external heart machine used during or after a case if the heart is sluggish. Another is the heart-lung machine heart-lung machine, device that maintains the circulation of the blood and the oxygen content of the body when connected with the arteriovenous system; it is also called the pump oxygenator. (cardiopulmonary bypass machine Cardiopulmonary bypass machine A mechanical instrument that takes over the circulation of the body while heart surgery is taking place. Mentioned in: Heart Valve Replacement ), which does the work of the heart and lungs during the procedure. A cell saver collects blood and filters it for reinfusion into the body. The Medtronic Octopus 2+ tissue stabilization system allows Dr. Edgar J. Chauvin to perform the new "beating heart" procedure at Conway Regional. Chauvin has performed 43 open-heart surgeries at Conway Regional Medical Center since late June, about half using the "beating heart" method. Invented at Utreclit University in the Netherlands, the original Octopus system was cleared for market use in the United States in 1997. The device is manufactured and marketed by Medtronic Inc. of Minneapolis. |
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