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Denton Regional Medical Center
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New Endovascular Suite Means Less Invasive Treatments for Patients
Procedure provides hope for some of the area’s sickest patients
Denton Regional’s Endovascular Suite is first in Denton County.
Denton Regional Medical Center recently opened a new two million-dollar Endovascular Suite. Located within one of the operating rooms, this suite is the first of its kind in Denton County and one of only three in the Metroplex.
The Endovascular Suite is equipped with a digital imaging system that produces high resolution, real-time images during procedures that require extreme precision. The GE Innova® 4100 system provides high quality fluoroscopic imaging in a sterile environment where both open and minimally invasive techniques can be performed. The suite is also equipped with other state of the art technologies such as intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS), and the Silverhawk peripheral vascular plaque excision system.
“Our ability to see vascular anatomy more clearly while guiding catheters, stents and other medical devices during minimally invasive procedures is critical. Our new endosuite provides high quality imaging with decreased radiation exposure and decreased intravenous contrast requirements - all of this within a sterile environment. This novel arrangement allows us to combine minimally invasive procedures, such as balloon angioplasty, stenting, atherectomy, embolization and thrombolysis with conventional open vascular interventions. We are now able to safely perform complex vascular surgical interventions, including thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm endovascular repairs and carotid artery angioplasty and stenting”
Carlos P. Cruz, MD, Vascular Surgeon
Major benefits include the ability of the physician to see small blood vessels with greater clarity, even in larger patients who are generally more difficult to image. Moreover, because physicians can image more anatomy in a single series, a complete image study requires fewer X-ray images, decreased radiation exposure and a lower dose of contrast as compared to conventional systems.
Minimally invasive (endovascular) techniques provide numerous patient benefits, including: smaller incisions, faster recovery, decreased post-operative pain, and often, lower procedure expense.
While physicians can perform minimally invasive procedures with high quality imaging, the sterile environment and full anesthesia capabilities of the Endovascular Suite allow physicians to perform open vascular surgical procedures as well. Minimally invasive procedures can be performed in combination with open vascular procedures, or minimally invasive procedures can be converted to open procedures without the need to subject the patient to two separate operations.
About Denton Regional
Denton Regional is a 208 bed, full service hospital that serves the growing population of Denton, Wise, Cooke and Montague Counties. Offering the full-spectrum of healthcare including advanced open-heart surgery and oncology programs, Denton Regional's more than 850 employees and 250 physicians are constantly striving to offer the highest quality service to north Texas.
Denton Regional is part of the HCA North Texas Division Hospitals which includes 12 hospitals and related health-care entities serving North Texas and surrounding areas. To learn more about this hospital and others in the division, visit www.hcahealthcare.com and www.dentonregional.com. For more information, please contact Denton Regional Marketing at 940-384-3251.
About HCA
The mission of HCA is not only to provide quality health services, but also to be an agent for healing throughout the communities we serve. HCA hospital and facility employees join as caring teams to make a difference in local communities throughout the United States. Above all else, HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life. Caring for patients is only part of what we do at HCA. We also are dedicated to building stronger, healthier communities through outreach and philanthropy by working in partnership with our employees to serve effective non-profit organizations.