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Heart By-Pass Surgery Live On Web Tuesday

Methodist Healthcare of San Antonio, Kaleidoscope Television, and CardioThoracic Systems, Inc. will offer
Web users chance to ask questions while watching surgery live.

Next Tuesday, cardiothoracic surgeon Lawrence Hamner will make his Web debut.  No, he's not launching his own Web site.  He's doing something far more serious, and making a bit of Web history in the process.  Hamner will perform a beating-heart bypass surgery at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. The surgery will be carried live on the World Wide Web, and can be viewed at (http://www.broadcast.com/video/windowsmedia/kaleidoscope/surgery/), or accessed via the Methodist Healthcare System Web site at http://www.SAHealth.com or Kaleidoscope Interactive (http://www.ktv-i.com).

Over 598,000 bypass surgeries are conducted each year in the United States. Bypass surgery reroutes blood around clogged arteries to improve the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart. Conventional bypass surgeries are performed after the heart is stopped and the patient is put on cardiopulmonary bypass, or a heart-lung machine.
 
CardioThoracic Systems, Inc. has developed a device that allows cardiothoracic surgeons to perform a bypass procedure while the patient's heart continues beating. The device stabilizes the portion of the heart that is being bypassed. The surgery is referred to as off-pump. There are a number of potential benefits to off-pump bypass surgery including reduced trauma, reduced risk of bleeding, reduced risk of stroke, reduced risk of renal failure and reduced post-operative complications.

Kaleidoscope Television is a national cable television network focused on health, medicine, nutrition, lifestyles and personal achievement, headquartered in San Antonio. At 6:30 p.m. (CST), www.ktv-i.com will host a pre-chat session so viewers will be able to ask questions and actually participate in the event. A hosted chat will follow the procedure at 9:00 p.m. (CST).
 
Event details:

WHERE:
Broadcast.com, http://www.broadcast.com/video/windowsmedia/kaleidoscope/surgery/
Kaleidoscope Interactive, http://www.ktv-i.com
Methodist Healthcare, http://www.SAHealth.com
 
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 23, 1999 7:00 p.m. CST

WHY:
As Americans become more savvy about health care and health information, it has become increasingly important for health care providers to take an active role in assuring the public has access to the latest, most reliable health information. In response, Kaleidoscope has formed an exclusive and first-ever affiliation with Methodist Healthcare/San Antonio. This affiliation, in conjunction with the launch of Methodist Healthcare/San Antonio's new community-based Web site, SAHealth.com, will serve as a model for future efforts to build healthier, more informed communities.
 
SATELLITE:
February 23, 7pm-9pm (CST) Telstar 4, Transponder 11 @ 3920 MHz 6.2 & 6.8
KHz audio frequencies
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ron Dixon, Vice President Programming and Production
Kaleidoscope Television
(210) 824-7446
webmaster@ktv-i.com
 
 

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