Mass General and slp3D to Broadcast Surgical Treatment for Coronary Artery Disease.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2003 Webcast is second installment in a series of online broadcasts designed to educate physicians about novel surgical treatments and techniques Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Health care The major teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, widely regarded as one of the best health care centers in the world , the largest teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , will demonstrate to an Internet audience a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. . The webcast will take place on October 16 at 4:30 P.M. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT . The procedure, known as an off-pump coronary artery bypass Coronary artery bypass Surgical procedure to reroute blood around a blocked coronary artery. Mentioned in: Heart Failure coronary artery bypass, n , is performed on select patients with coronary-artery disease. While a typical bypass is performed with the heart stopped and use of the heart-lung machine, an off-pump procedure is done with the heart beating. "Traditional surgical treatment for coronary-artery disease can be more difficult for some of our sicker patients," said Thomas MacGillivray, MD, the cardiac surgeon who will be performing the procedure for the broadcast, "but with the off-pump procedure, patients who may experience complications from the use of the heart-lung machine and stopping their heart, such as those with kidney disease, may have better outcomes." While MacGillivray performs the surgery, his colleague, Arvin Agnihotri, MD, also an MGH MGH Massachusetts General Hospital MGH McGraw-Hill Companies MGH Montreal General Hospital (Montreal, Canada) MGH Monumenta Germania Historica MGH May Go Home MGH Minneapolis General Hospital surgeon, will describe the procedure and answer e-mail questions from viewers. This broadcast, the second in a series of four, will be staffed by camera crews with complete access to the operating theater. The webcast also will feature live audio from within the operating room. Approximately 61 million Americans have one or more types of cardiovascular disease. For many of them, traditional surgery is not a viable treatment option due to other diseases. With the advancements in surgical techniques and technology, this operation can now be successfully performed without the use of the heart-lung machine. Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $350 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, cutaneous cutaneous /cu·ta·ne·ous/ (ku-ta´ne-us) pertaining to the skin. cu·ta·ne·ous adj. Of, relating to, or affecting the skin. Cutaneous Pertaining to the skin. biology, neurodegenerative disorders, transplantation biology and photomedicine. To Access Broadcast: www.or-live.com/massgeneral/1137 |
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