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First Live Tweet of an Open Heart Surgery

On February 21, 2012, Dr. Michael P. Macris, board-certified in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, performed the first live surgical twittercast of a beating open heart surgery in the United States at Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital in Houston, TX.

  1. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    Today, we provide an educational inside look into a common double bypass #surgery with live video and pics #MHopenheart
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 05:38:30
  2. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    Patient: M, 57 yr old with a blockage of the coronary artery. For patient privacy we are not disclosing name, other identifers #mhopenheart
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 05:39:20
  3. patient consented to this broadcast of his surgery, for protection his name will not be given. #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mt1p6
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 05:51:45
  4. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    WARNING: The contents of this #openheart #surgery may be GRAPHIC in NATURE.
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 05:43:29
  5. setting up a cardiac angiogram, this is used to prepare to reference targets during bypasses #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mt7w6
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 06:05:57
  6. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    anesthesia by arterial line in wrist to check pressure, central line for fluid, TEE probe to view the heart/valves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ig8WvEbXYc
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 06:28:41
  7. twitpic.com/8mtspv
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 06:51:35
  8. Patient is now prepped with Chlorhexidine bit.ly/albRej chemical antiseptic from chin to toe #MHopenheart twitpic.com/8mtpp1
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 06:44:45
  9. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    Patient is supine, arms padded/tucked at side, leg bolster under legs to expose saphenous veins, roll is placed under chest. #mhopenheart
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 06:47:58
  10. Macris, scrubbing In... #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mtu1b
    houstonhospital@houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 06:54:29
  11. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann NW #surgery team pauses, aka "time out" designed to make everyone slow down and review before starting.
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:10:44
  12. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    Today Dr. Macris will do a #doublebypass to restore circulation to heart using the patient’s saphenous vein along with his mammary artery.
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 06:38:53
  13. First Assistance begins surgery with endoscopic vein removal of the saphenous vein of the leg #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mu4n6
    houstonhospital@houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:17:02
  14. The great saphenous vein (GSV) is the large (subcutaneous) superficial vein of the leg and thigh #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mu6f8
    houstonhospital@houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:20:46
  15. Dr. Macris opened patient’s chest with knife, bovie, then saw. #mhopenheart #Hounews twitpic.com/8mu7r2
    houstonhospital@houstonhospital
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:23:40
  16. Dr. Macris Opening
    memorialhermann
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:25:55
  17. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    To clarify: Last video shows reverse order (2 camera feeds together) 1st is dissection of mammary 2nd was opening of chest #mhopenheart
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:37:03
  18. Opening the Chest
    memorialhermann
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:38:48
  19. RT @houstonhospital: With a mammary retractor, the mammary artery can be dissected completely under direct vision #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mujb9
    Soccerchik20@Soccerchik20
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 08:51:55
  20. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) is being dissected to be used as one of the vessels for the bypass #mhopenheart
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:49:28
  21. Dr. Macris
    houstonhospital
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    Fri, Feb 17 2012 16:20:59
  22. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    Once saphenous vein is harvested it is further prepared for use #mhopenheart twitpic.com/8mulj1
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 07:52:55
  23. Repairing the Saphenous Vein
    memorialhermann
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 08:03:48
  24. houstonhospital
    Memorial Hermann @houstonhospital
    At :44 seconds into video, opening of pericardium #MHopenheart (multi-cam feed) youtube.com/watch?v=hchNmU…
    Tue, Feb 21 2012 08:21:31
  25. Beating Heart
    memorialhermann
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    Tue, Feb 21 2012 08:17:23

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