Hybrid Interventional Cardiac Procedures: Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned

Presentation Description / Summary: Hybrid interventional cardiac procedures are those in which a team approach, involving a Cardiologist and a Surgeon, works together to perform an interventional cardiac procedure. Often, these hybrid procedures are performed in patients with congenital cardiac disease. For some patients, a hybrid interventional cardiac procedure is prioritized over a minimally invasive "standard" cardiac procedure due to the patient's small size. For others, a hybrid interventional cardiac procedure is prioritized over a minimally invasive "standard" cardiac procedure due to the location / nature of the cardiac lesion and its required approach. Although Surgeons are required to aid in the approach for a hybrid interventional cardiac procedure, these procedures are considered less invasive and therefore have potentially smoother recoveries than open-heart surgical procedures. This lecture will provide information on patient selection, equipment selection, methods of approach, and general advice for these procedures as given by Cardiologists from 2 different centers which routinely perform hybrid interventional cardiac procedures. After this lecture, participants will have a better understanding of how to prepare for and how to execute these procedures for their own patients.