Heart valves keep blood flowing in the right direction between the heart's four chambers. If a valve, such as the aortic or mitral valve, is diseased or faulty, it may require repair or, sometimes, ...
Transscatheter aortic valve replacement is a novel way to replace a diseased aortic valve without a median sternotomy. The first human TAVR was performed by Dr. Cribier in 2002. [33] There have ...
the less invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. No one knows this better than Dr. Dearman, who has experienced heart valve failure and TAVR as a son, a surgeon — and a ...
He discovered that my aortic valve was leaking and said he would monitor my situation. Over the next two years, my condition - called aortic regurgitation - worsened. By last May, I had to sit ...