Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, TX live-tweeted a double bypass surgery from beginning to end. These are a few of their tweets.
Welcome! First LIVE #Twittercast of an open #heartsurgery for the US by Memorial Hermann #hospital in #houstontx #MHopenheart
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Patient: M, 57 yr old with a blockage of the coronary artery. For patient privacy we are not disclosing name, other identifers #mhopenheart
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
WARNING: The contents of this #openheart #surgery may be GRAPHIC in NATURE.
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
This procedure is a type of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), pronounced ‘cabbage’. It is a double bypass heart surgery.
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
patient consented to this broadcast of his surgery, for protection his name will not be given. #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mt1p6
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Dr. Michael P. Macris, board-certified in #cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. memorialhermann.org/physicians twitpic.com/8mtdp6
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Dr. Paresh Patel, cardiologist, will be answering your questions during the surgery. Tweet us @houstonhospital #MHopenheart
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Today Dr. Macris will do a #doublebypass to restore circulation to heart using the patient’s saphenous vein along with his mammary artery.
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Patient is now prepped with Chlorhexidine bit.ly/albRej chemical antiseptic from chin to toe #MHopenhearttwitpic.com/8mtpp1
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Patient is supine, arms padded/tucked at side, leg bolster under legs to expose saphenous veins, roll is placed under chest. #mhopenheart
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
The Perfusionist monitors the physiological stability of the patient during the surgery. (she's off to the side...)
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Patient is draped for surgery ...now startingWARNING: following updates may be graphic in nature.#mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mu30b
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Sternum is open and Dr. Macris is dissecting the mammary down #mhopenheart....standing by
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) is being dissected to be used as one of the vessels for the bypass #mhopenheart
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Patient is heparinizedtwitpic.com/8mum3p
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Heparin has many uses, but nearly all of them aim to prevent formation of blood clots. #heartsurgery
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Dr. Macris twitpic.com/8mumwy
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Pericardium is being opened and retracted ....stand by
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
standing by...The pericardium is a thin double-layered sac which encloses the #heart.
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Dr. Macris has located the other diseased vessel and is sewing end of the saphenous vein to it - beyond the diseased area
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Dr. Macris attaches the saphenous vein to aorta
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
@skittlesnthings The sutures we hook arteries with are permanent. The external stitches can dissolve.
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Dr. Macris checks again for bleeding and places in chest tubes
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
The next step is the surgeon closing the surgical site...
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
The closing is done by stitching the skin, and placing a glue-like substance over the stitch.
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
The patient is now closed and ready for recovery room #MHopenheart
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
Thank you for participating in the first live #twittercast of open heart surgerytwitpic.com/8mvpxw
— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 21, 2012
