Cath Lab Digest - December 2007 - (Page 40) 40 FACILITIES IN TEH NEWS DECEMBER 2007 Hybrid cont. • More than 900 square feet of working space to accommodate the team involved in a hybrid case (surgeons, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, echocardiographers, cardiac anesthesiologists, advanced level nurse practitioners, physicians’ assistants, cath/OR nurses, technologists and perfusionists). • A surgical theater with a fixed base surgical table, modutec booms and surgical lighting. • Flat panel detectors (FPD) • Technical capabilities that allow staff members the ability to transmit information anywhere in the suite, at remote sites within the hospital, or even to countries around the world, enabling Nationwide Children’s Heart Center faculty to consult with physicians in distant countries and to serve as a teaching hospital. • Nine interconnected, flat panel, high-resolution display screens for superior visualization and better information exchange among the team members; at least two monitors are visible to all team members at any time, from any location. • A non-sterile control/observation room to serve as an educational and training resource for students, staff and faculty. The hybrid congenital cardiac operating suite can accommodate any cardiac surgical case, catheterization or collaborative hybrid procedure. Cardiothoracic surgeons and interventional cardiologists working together in this suite will reduce the amount of time required to correct a heart problem and the amount of emotional and physical stress placed on a patient or their family — which translates into less pain, less scarring and a faster recovery time for patients. The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Heart Center was established in 2002 when all Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery services were consolidated into a comprehensive “one-stop” model of patient/family The hybrid congenital cardiac operating suite can accommodate any cardiac surgical case, catheterization or collaborative hybrid procedure. convenience and excellence in patient care, education and research. The Heart Center opened the nation’s first hybrid cardiac catheterization suites in 2004, whereby the benefits of cardiothoracic surgery and interventional cardiology were combined in two suites to help critically ill children and adults with congenital heart disease achieve improved therapeutic outcomes. These facilities harness stateof-the-art technology that allows surgeons and interventionalists to collaboratively perform a wide range of innovative hybrid procedures. In 2005, the existing imaging equipment in these suites was replaced by the world’s first 5 axis biplane positioner with flat panel detector imaging, permitting surgeons and interventionalists to view images more clearly, as well as to improve access to patients. Congenital heart defects are present in about one percent of live births. The first procedure performed in the hybrid congenital cardiac operating suite occurred in November 2007 and the first procedure in the hybrid cardiac catheterization suites took place in May 2004. Both procedures were conducted to treat hypoplastic left heart syndrome. ■ Send your facility news to managing editor Rebecca Kapur at cathlabdigest@aol.com. Multiple views of the first hybrid congenital cardiac operating suite in the U.S. at The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
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