Mr. H. (at age 92) is planning to have a
TAVR procedure performed for critical (and
very symptomatic) aortic valve stenosis.
The attached 2-minute video reviews how the procedure is
performed:
It’s a procedure performed for patients who are not
necessarily a candidate for an open aortic valve replacement due to age,
frailty and underlying medical problems/co-morbidities.
As with many other procedures that are being performed on
our elderly population (left ventricular assist devices, ICD’s, etc), the TAVR
procedure is not without controversy. Below is one blog site that comments on
the same:
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