Kurtis Cox, 55, calls his recent heart bypass surgery with a new hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) procedure at Mercy Hospital St. Louis “a miracle.”
Cox was among the first patients in Missouri to undergo the new HCR procedure and was tossing his giggling 7-year-old son over his head only one month later.
An alternative to traditional open-heart surgery, HCR combines the best of traditional bypass surgery and stenting, giving certain patients with complex coronary artery disease improved outcomes and a faster recovery. Doctors at Mercy Hospital St. Louis are the only in the state to offer the innovative heart procedure and the first within Mercy…