Hybrid Coronary Revascularization

Hybrid coronary revascularization is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat coronary artery disease. Because it is minimally invasive, open heart surgery is not necessary. Hybrid coronary revascularization is often a safer, more effective alternative to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Your doctor will work with you to determine whether hybrid coronary revascularization is the best treatment option for you.

When you come to Stanford Health Care for coronary artery disease treatment, you benefit from:  

  • Experience: Our expertise with hybrid coronary revascularization is a result of many years of innovation and advanced experience with coronary artery bypass procedures. Our team continues to offer the highest-quality care possible.
  • Robotic technology: We perform hybrid coronary revascularization using robotic surgery techniques. That means we use advanced imaging systems to guide tiny surgical instruments to the heart between the ribs through small keyhole-sized chest incisions, allowing us to operate with extreme precision.
  • Advanced heart support: Our experienced heart surgeons perform hybrid coronary revascularization without stopping the heart – an advanced technique that reduces complications. It also leads to better outcomes, fewer risks, decreased post-operative pain, and smaller incisions.
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What is hybrid coronary revascularization?

Hybrid coronary revascularization uses a combination of coronary stents and your own arterial grafts to bypass the blocked vessels and open up your arteries. This combination of advanced techniques provides your heart with a new pathway of blood flow to bypass those blocked vessels.

It combines techniques from two standard treatments available today for coronary artery disease: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and minimally invasive stenting. Hybrid coronary revascularization combines all of the survival benefits of open heart surgery with the minimally invasive advantages of coronary artery stenting.

The resulting "hybrid" approach leads to faster recoveries and better outcomes for you:

  • No need for open heart surgery
  • Less pain
  • Easier and faster recovery
  • Shorter hospital stay
  • Lower risk of infection
  • Decreased blood clots
  • Minimal scarring

Beating-heart surgery techniques at Stanford Health Care

There are two types of beating-heart surgery:

  • On pump beating heart surgery: Requires a heart-lung bypass machine. This device temporarily takes over the work of the heart to pump blood and allows surgeons to operate on a heart without blood flowing through it.
  • Off pump beating heart surgery: No heart-lung bypass machine is needed. This technique allows for shorter time in the operating room and lower risk of complications.

At Stanford, we use beating-heart surgery for hybrid coronary revascularization. Our heart surgeons specialize in advanced techniques for operating on a beating heart. There are many benefits when we avoid the need to stop the heart for surgery:

  • Lower risk of complications, including stroke and neurological problems
  • Faster recovery
  • Preserved heart function
  • Better outcomes
  • Shorter hospital stay

Heart Surgery Clinic

Pioneering advanced treatment for conditions like congestive heart failure, aortic disease, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, and valvular heart disease.
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300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650-724-7500
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