World-Class Innovation

Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass

A highly skilled cardiovascular team at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center was the first to devise a digital archive system that gives physicians online access to catheterization images, ensuring faster, more accurate treatment. Today, that same team – Miguel Gomez, M.D., and Donald Gibson, M.D. – performs 98 percent of coronary artery bypass grafts off pump compared to a national average of 15 percent, totaling more than 2,000 off-pump CABGs. Patients who undergo off-pump bypass have better outcomes, including lower mortality and morbidity rates.

Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Cardiovascular surgeons at the Heart & Vascular Institute-Memorial City are leaders in robotic-assisted and minimally invasive cardiothoracic techniques. They performed the first robotic-assisted Heller myotomy in Texas and the first robotic-assisted multi-vessel mini-thoracotomy in Houston. Miguel Gomez, M.D., has performed more robotic-assisted cardiothoracic surgeries than any surgeon in the state of Texas.

Cardioverter Defibrillators

Alexander F. Drtil, M.D., implanted Houston’s first Lumos DR-T implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Lumos is the first ICD that automatically transmits intracardiac electrograms (IEGMs) via the cellular telephone network and allows physicians to view these IEGMs on a secure web site at any time. The Heart Failure Monitor^® displays vital signs that are important predictors of heart failure, enabling continuous monitoring regardless of where the patient is.

For more information, please call us at 713.CARDIAC (713.227.3422).

Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute

Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center

921 Gessner Rd.

Houston, Texas 77024