Macomb Hospital
The Intensive Care Unit at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital will include a dedicated 12-bed Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) beginning in September, under the leadership of Samer Kazziha, M.D., chief of Cardiovascular Services, and Raed Alnajjar, M.D., medical director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Services at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. The CVICU will provide complex invasive hemodynamic monitoring and treatment of adult patients during the critical phase of recovery from cardiogenic shock, STEMI, complex coronary or endovascular intervention, structural heart procedures, complex electrophysiology procedures and exacerbation and treatment of end stage heart failure.
“Due to the increased volume and complexity of our cardiovascular cases at Henry Ford Macomb, and in line with our expansion of services, it became
apparent that a dedicated CVICU would be essential to our growth and would require a team approach,” said Dr. Kazziha.
Cardiologists work closely with cardiovascular surgeons, in association with intensivists when needed, to care for their patients, especially during the first 48 hours following a procedure.
“We’re confident that having our patient’s cardiologist and cardiovascular surgeon work collaboratively with the intensivists while they are in the CVICU will provide the safest care and best outcomes,” said Dr. Alnajjar.
