Artificial Aortic Valve Replaced with Natural Aortic Valve

Individuals who are high-risk for heart valve operations may have their injured aortic valve substituted without ever traditional surgical treatment with a new Food and Drug Administration approved procedure done at Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute at Baptist Hospital of Miami.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) serves as a promising therapy wherein a group of highly skilled medical professionals use a modestly invasive technique. These get access to the heart through a small catheter inserted within the skin to interchange the diseased aortic valve of the heart while the heart continues to be beating, taking away the need for the heart-lung machine.

"It is a valuable solution for high-risk affected individuals with acute aortic stenosis to enhance their own standard living," said Ramon Quesada, M.D., the Institute's medical director of interventional cardiology and cardiovascular research.

"It has been found that affected persons who acknowledged the artificial heart valve lived longer, ought to heart function and skilled well again when compared to those particular individuals who did not have a new valve, but were really treated medically," Dr. Moreno said.