How Good Samaritan Hospital's new operating room opens surgical possibilities

When doctors choose which way to perform common heart surgeries, they're typically stuck with that route -- largely because of location. Operating rooms where doctors perform minimally invasive procedures, maybe using a catheter inserted in the leg or groin to travel through the blood vessels and access the heart, often don't have the X-ray and ultrasound imaging technology or the anesthesia required to change course and perform a full open-heart surgery if the need arises.