Innovations in care Hybrid catheterization suite

Innovations in care.

Hybrid catheterization suite.

Our new cardiac center will be staffed by experts in heart care including Azhil (Alex) Durairaj, MD, medical director of cardiology. Donors who support Huntington Hospital’s cardiac center are helping to advance the level of heart care available to patients in our region. Thanks to these donors’ thoughtful contributions to date, construction is underway on our new, state-of-the-art heart care facilities, equipped with the very latest medical technologies. Heather and Paul Haaga(see page 10) are among the generous individuals who have already provided support toward creation of the new center. Their gift is helping to create a high-tech hybrid catheterization suite here.

The new hybrid catheterization suite reflects our commitment to ever-higher levels of cardiovascular care for our patients. The first of its kind in our service region, it will accommodate both catheterization and surgical procedures. As a result, our expert care team will be able to transition patients more rapidly from one treatment modality to another, without the need for transportation to another location on our campus.

The suite will be equipped to provide a highly sophisticated level of care — including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), minimally invasive repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms, endovascular procedures and open heart surgery. It will also support surgeries that require advanced image guidance. Bringing catheterization and surgical capabilities together in a single location will help accelerate treatment for trauma patients whose injuries require a combination of these techniques.

In addition to housing advanced imaging, angiography, patientmonitoring and other technologies, the hybrid suite will be large enough to accommodate a multidisciplinary clinical team — allowing multiple experts to collaborate, in response to each patient’s unique care needs. As they provide best-in-field care, our team members will have in-suite access to CT, MRI and other important test results, to further guide and expedite care.

We are extremely grateful to the thoughtful philanthropists who are partnering with us in creating our new cardiac center, including the hybrid catheterization suite as well as other areas for truly advanced care. Their gifts will have a meaningful impact — reducing time to treatment, streamlining care, meeting the needs of a growing population, and enhancing health outcomes for patients in our community.