title: Hybrid options for treating cardiac disease.
abstract: The options for treating heart disease have greatly expanded during the course of the last 2 1/2 decades with the advent of hybrid technology. The hybrid option for treating cardiac disease implies using the technology of both interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery to treat cardiac disease. This rapidly developing technology has given rise to new and creative techniques to treat cardiac disease involving coronary artery disease, coronary artery disease and cardiac valve disease, and atrial fibrillation. It has also led to the establishment of new procedural suites called hybrid operating rooms that facilitate the integration of technologies of interventional cardiology catheterization laboratories with those of cardiac surgery operating rooms. The development of hybrid options for treating cardiac disease has also greatly augmented teamwork and collaboration between interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8802, USA.
authors.forename: Ramanan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Umakanthan
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leacche
authors.forename: David X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Anna H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Gallion
authors.forename: Prabodh C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010348:Patient Care Team; D016896:Treatment Outcome