HOSPITAL HAS EARNED A DISTINGUISHED 3 STAR RATING FROM THE SOCIETY OF SURGEONS.
AND IT IS FOR THE HOSPITAL’S
PATIENT CARE AND OUTCOMES AND
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS
GRAFTING. THIS IS THE HIGHEST
NATIONAL 3 STAR RATING IN
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, MAKING
MEMORIAL AMONG THE ELITE 5% IN
NORTH AMERICA. JOINING ME NOW
IS DOCTOR DANIEL FOR SURGEON
DOCTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON THIS MORNING.
>> CALLIE, THANK YOU VERY THEY
DON’T LET THE OPERATING ROOM
VERY OFTEN. SO I WE’RE GOING
BREAK THAT WONDERFUL IT. SO
GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND
STARTING OFF WHAT IS CA BG
SURGERY? SO CABBAGE IS AN
ACRONYM FOR CORONARY BYPASS
GRAFTING. IN OTHER WORDS, IT’S
A WHEN YOU DO A BIKE. ASKED
FOR A PATIENT WHO HAS CLUSTER
OF BUILDUP IN THEIR ARTERIES.
>> SO MOST COMMON PROCEDURE
BEEN FOR CARDIAC SURGERY.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND WHAT ARE
SYMPTOMS WHICH OCCUR AND
SOMEONE WHO NEEDS THIS TYPE OF
SURGERY OR CABBAGE.
>> THE USUAL SYMPTOMS ARE
CHEST PAIN. ALMOST MOST PEOPLE
GET THAT. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE
SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR PAIN IN
YOUR NECK CAME RUNNING DOWN
YOUR AS WELL AS BEING A VERY
WEDDING. BUT THE TRADITIONAL
SYMPTOMS, AN ELEPHANT SITTING
ON YOUR CHEST.
>>CORLEY PEEL: THAT IS
DEFINITELY A BIG AND HOW IS IT
DETERMINED THAT A PATIENT
NEEDS A CABBAGE?
>> AFTER AN EXTENSIVE WORK-UP,
THEY GO THROUGHOUT CAMERA,
CARDIAC CATH AND IT LOOKS AT
THE HEART ARE IS THE ENEMY OF
THE ARTERIES IN THE BLOCKAGES.
AND USUALLY WHEN YOU 3 OF
THOSE ARTERIES BLOCKER, WHEN
YOU HAVE THE THE ARE WE ON THE
LEFT BLOC OR WHAT’S CALLED THE
WIDOW MAKER BLOCK THAT THE
INSTA USUALLY INDICATE YOU
NEED BYPASS SURGERY.
>>CORLEY PEEL: YOU CAN ONLY 5%
OF HOSPITALS IN THE USA AND
CANADA HAVE A SOCIETY AT THE
RAS 6 SURGERY. 3 START RATING.
I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR
MEMORIAL. AND WHY IS THIS SO
IMPORTANT?
>> WELL, JUST WHAT WE’VE DONE
OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS. WE’VE
LOOKED AT IT’S GOING BRING IN
A PLUS HOME. WHEN YOU’RE A
KID.
>> THAT’S TRULY INCREDIBLE.
AND HOW MANY SURGEONS AND
PATIENTS PARTICIPATE IN THIS
TRAINING.
>> SO THERE’S 7 MILLION
PATIENTS IN THE DATABASE
NEARLY 4,000 SURGEONS. 90% OF
THE HOSPITALS PARTICIPATE IN
THE STAR RATING.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND HOW IS THIS
RATINGS SLASHED? GRADE
DETERMINED.
>> SO THEY A RISK-ADJUSTED
FORMULA AND OTHER WORDS THEY
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD
BECAUSE NOT ALL PATIENTS ARE
THE SAME. FOR EXAMPLE, GIVE A
60 YEAR-OLD WHO HAS HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE. IT’S NOT THE SAME AS
AN 82 YEAR-OLD WHO HAS
EMPHYSEMA, DIABETES AND HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE SO THEY KIND OF
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND
THEN THEY LOOK AT 4
COMPONENTS. THE FIRST
COMPONENT IS HOW YOUR SURVIVAL
IS AFTER BYPASS SURGERY. THE
SECOND COMPONENT WHAT YOUR
COMPLICATION RATE. AND
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE LOW
COMPLICATION RATE, YOU DO
BETTER. AND THEN THE 3RD IS
DIFFUSE THE INTERNAL MAMMARY
ARTERY INTERNAL MEMORY AREAS,
THE BEST HUBERT OR CRAFT THAT
WE HAVE. 90 1% OF THEM ARE
STILL WORKING 10 TO 15 YEARS
LATER. AND THEN THE 4TH THING
IS IF YOU SEND THEM HOME ON
THE CORRECT LONG-TERM
MEDICATIONS IS SOMETHING
CALLED THE BETA BLOCKERS
SOMETHING TO LOWER YOUR PLUS
STRONG. AS ITS BEEN FOUND
LONG-TERM, THAT PATIENTS
SURVIVE AND LIVE MUCH LONGER.
IF YOU SEND THEM HOME AND
THOSE MEDICATIONS WONDERFUL
AND
>>CORLEY PEEL: HOW THE FUTURE
OF CARDIAC SURGERY AT MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE?
>> WELL, SO OBVIOUSLY WANT TO
CONTINUE THIS 3 STAR RATING
AND WE JUST STARTED NECVO
PROGRAM BECAUSE THE COVID
OUTBREAK, WHICH IS REALLY AN
ARTIFICIAL LONG, ARTIFICIAL
PEOPLE. PATIENTS GET TO SEVERE
COVID IN THEIR LUNGS OR ARE
TEMPORARILY DON’T WORK. AND
THEN LOOKING POSSIBLY ABOUT
WHAT’S CALLED A LEFT
VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE OR
ARTIFICIAL HEART COULD BE USED
IN THE THOSE ARE THE KIND OF
THINGS THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT
IN THE FUTURE OF WAR.
>>CORLEY PEEL: THAT’S TRULY
INCREDIBLE. AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DOCTOR MILLER FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
DEFINITELY WANT TO
CONGRATULATE YOU AND EVERYONE