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Heart disease survivor undergoes groundbreaking procedure
The procedure used wire, stent, and electrocautery to reopen a bypass graft stump, restoring blood flow after multiple doctors said further surgery was impossible.
- A published case in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows Christ Hospital physicians restored blood flow without reopening the chest using a stent and electrocautery technique.
- Siemer's medical history shows his heart problems began at age 49, leading to three open‑heart surgeries including a complicated third procedure after replacement valve failure and endocarditis.
- Using a wire and stent, the team navigated a graft stump and employed electrocautery to cut scar tissue, reopening a branch vessel that was 99% blocked.
- Remarkably, the patient, after three open-heart surgeries, is doing well and was hiking one week after the procedure, illustrating rapid recovery, Siemer said.
- Frizzell said, `For people that have been told there's no options, there's nothing we can do... we've got ways around that`—suggesting new possibilities for patients previously deemed inoperable.
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