Denton's first minimally invasive aortic valve replacement surgery was performed on June 19, 2015 at The Heart Hospital Baylor Denton*. Minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery procedures allow surgeons to perform isolated valve surgery on high-risk patients, such as the very elderly for whom open heart surgery may not be the best approach or those requiring repeat procedures.
Minimally invasive procedures require smaller incisions and typically allow patients to recover more quickly than with traditional surgery. Other benefits may include: less blood loss, lower risk of infection, reduced trauma and pain, and smaller, less noticeable scars. Typically, the patient has a faster recovery and return to normal activities.
"We're excited to be the first hospital in Denton to perform a minimally invasive aortic heart valve heart surgery," said Brad K. Morgan, vice president of operations, The Heart Hospital Baylor Denton.
"THHBD has opened a new array of advanced heart surgery technology to Denton residents," said Tung Cai, MD, medical director of the cardiothoracic program.
*Notice Regarding Physician Ownership: The Heart Hospital Baylor Denton is a hospital in which physicians have an ownership or investment interest. The list of the physician owners or investors is available to you upon request. Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Scott & White Health's subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano or Baylor Scott & White Health. ©2015 Baylor Scott & White Health.
** Based on unaudited fiscal year 2014 financial statements
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