High-level heart health care here on the Gulf Coast

HAVING HIGH QUALITY HEART HEALTH CARE NEARBY, IT’S PRETTY INVALUABLE FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE GETTING OLD YOUNG PEOPLE NEED IT NOW, DAYS MORE THAN ANYTHING. TODAY WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE LATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN HEART HEALTH RESEARCH AT LEE HEALTH. JOINING US HERE IN THE STUDIO THIS MORNING IS DOCTOR RESEARCH FOR AT LEE HEALTH HEART INSTITUTE, DR. MICHAEL, A PENSKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO THIS IS SUCH IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US LOOK JUST THE WAYS THAT WE ALREADY GET TREATED AND YOU THINK, OH, I CAN JUST GO TO THE DOCTOR AND EVERYTHING THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. EXACTLY. BUT THERE’S WE’RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FORWARD ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR HEART HEALTHY. WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITHIN LEE HEALTH? SO MUCH OF THE FOCUS IN THE PAST HAS BEEN ON A CONDITION CALLED AORTIC STENOSIS, WHICH SEVERE NARROWING OF THE AORTIC VALVE, WHICH IS THE BELL FROM THE SEPARATES THE BOTTOM CHAMBER OF THE HEART. >> THROUGH WHICH THE BLOOD IS PUMPED TO THE REST OF THE BODY. AND SO IN THE PAST, PATIENTS WITH SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS WOULD REQUIRE OPEN HEART SURGERY TO TREAT THAT. BUT NOW WE’RE ABLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH A CATHETER THROUGH THE LEG, FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE ARTERY IN THE LEG WHILE TO THE HEART AND REPLACE THEIR HEART VALVE. USING THAT TECHNOLOGY. WE’RE ALSO HOPING TO EXPAND INTO TREATMENT OF MIGHT ROLL AND TRY CUSP OF REGURGITATION WHICH IS SEVERELY KING OF THE MITRAL IN-TRAY CUSTODY VALVE WHICH CAN OFTEN TIMES LEAD. BUT THE TRAVEL BACK UP INTO THE LUNGS AND CAUSE PEOPLE TO COME SHORT OF BREATH AND HAVE HEART FAILURE WHILE. AND SO THERE’S NEW TECHNOLOGIES WE’RE WORKING TO DEVELOP FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, AN AREA THAT WE’RE HOPING TO EXPAND INTO IS BY RESORT BUBBLE STANCE AND DRUG COATED BALLOONS WHERE WE CAN TREAT A SEVERE NARROWING OR BLOCKAGES IN THE ARTERIES OF THE HEART AND THEN DEPLOY THE STENT THAT DISSOLVES OVER TIME AND DOES NOT REQUIRE THE PATIENT. THE ON BLOOD THINNERS FOR SO LONG WHILE THAT IS SO COOL IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT LONG-TERM CARE, HOW DO I DO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY START THINKING ABOUT WHAT HOW THEY’RE FINDING THE RIGHT CARE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE RESEARCH. >> PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT WAYS OF TREATING THE HEART. SO I THINK IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HER PATIENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN OFFER YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN BRING THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THERAPIES TO HER PATIENTS LOCALLY, WE CAN GIVE ACADEMIC LIKE CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS HERE AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THESE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES THAT DEVELOP. YEAH. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S ALLOWED PATIENTS WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT IS THE ABILITY TO DO TAB OR TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT. NOW WE CAN GIVE PATIENTS THESE HEART VALVES WITHOUT HAVING TO DO OPEN HEART SURGERY, AND THAT HELPS IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HELPS YOU KNOW THE PATIENT GET THROUGH THE SURGERY MUCH EASIER IS THAT KIND OF WOODS AND MOST HOPEFUL DRIVING THIS THAT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT IS THAT IT’S NOT SO INVASIVE ANYMORE OR IS IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE THE SIMPLER? ALL RIGHT. I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE ARE A LOT SIMPLER TECHNIQUES LIKE USING STEPS THAT CAN DISSOLVE. THE ABILITY TO TREAT ARTERIES AND THE TREE BAUDELAIRE DISEASE WITH LESS OPTIONS IS ALWAYS A DEAL AND STILL PROVIDE THE SAME OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS. ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES WITH DRUG COATED BALLOONS AND BY RESORT BUBBLE SCAFFOLD OR STANCE IS THE ABILITY TO TREAT AN ARTERY AND THEN LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND SO WE CAN WE CAN OPEN UP A BLOCKAGE ARE NARROWING AND THEN INSTEAD OF LEAVING A PERMANENT STENT THAT WILL BE THERE FOREVER. WE CAN DISSOLVE OVER TIME AND THE BEST, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT DURATION SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE ON BLOOD THINNERS. WELL, AT LEE HEALTH IS ONE OF THE YOU KNOW, IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AIR IN THIS AREA. AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE’RE GETTING TO DO SOME OF THESE TRIALS HERE FOR FOR OUR PATIENTS? I THINK PROVIDING OPTIMAL CARE FOR PATIENTS IS MOST IMPORTANT AND WE CAN WE CAN HAVE THIS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TREATMENT THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR THEM BEFORE. AND SO I THINK THAT’S THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN ALSO AVOIDING HAVING TO TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY AS MANY OF THESE PATIENTS ARE WITH WITH HEART DISEASE ARE OFTEN TIMES ELDERLY AND TRAVEL BECOMES QUITE PROBLEMATIC. I THINK THAT HELPS FACILITATE EXCELLENT CARE FOR PATIENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR LIPINSKI FOR IT FOR EXPLAINING SOME OF THIS TO US. IT’S SO COOL TO TO HEAR HOW WE ARE ADVANCING HERE ON THE GULF COAST OUR HEART HEALTH, SPECIALLY WE’RE GONNA HAVE MORE INFORMATION UP ON THE GULF COAST NEWS APP FOR YOU AS WELL. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO MAYBE TALK TO YOUR OWN DOCTOR ABOUT SOME OF THESE TREATMENTS AS WELL AND THESE TRIALS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING US THIS MORNING. THANKS. ALL