The physician then puts the stent in place, opening the artery and restoring blood flow. During angioplasty, a cardiologist uses a joystick to connect to the robot that allows the doctor to “see” inside the artery as he moves a stent forward, millimeter by millimeter, until it reaches the blockage. Heart and vascular care is an area the hospital has invested in heavily, most recently with a new robotic system that helps guide physicians during coronary/peripheral angioplasty, a surgery that opens blocked arteries. “We are continually adding new diagnostic tools, innovative treatments and new service lines that keep our hospitalat the very highest level of patient care.” “This has always been a destination health care center, and not a stopping off point to another hospital,” said Mary Sommise, director of marketing at Medical Center of Trinity.
Since opening in 2012, Medical Center of Trinity has been committed to adding new technologies to care for patients from admission through discharge, with a goal of never needing to transfer a patient to another hospital. Patrick Cambier, M.D., an Interventional Cardiologist at Medical Center of Trinity (at left), and Jeff Suchan, R.C.I.S., lead technician in the hospital’s cardiac catherization unit, next to the new coronary robotic system.
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