Redefining cardiac care with an intelligent hybrid OR

LONDON – London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, is dedicated to excellence in patient care, teaching and research. Its new cardiac Hybrid OR represents a new frontier in cardiac surgery. “With access to a Hybrid OR we can tackle many different areas of coronary artery disease, aortic disease and valvular heart disease by combining surgical techniques and interventional techniques to achieve the best outcomes,” says Dr. Michael Chu, interim chair/chief of cardiac care at LHSC. “What excites us the most is that patients can have less invasive operations, recover faster and get even better care.”