Cardiologist Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor, Medanta Hospital - Gurugram, speaks about the Line of treatment suggested for patients with established heart valve disease.
He says that "Normally the opening of the aortic valve is four to six centimeters square, but if it goes less than one cm square, I think that is one point where we can't ignore because the patient becomes at very high risk of sudden cardiac death and heart failure.”
“Treatment strategies could be- one that surgically we need to go with a full chest surgery and replace the valve, that is one time tested method but off late, for last 10 years or so, we have a very good modality wherein any high-risk patient, who has a high risk for cardiac surgery, we can replace the valve non surgically -just via a percutaneous method, and this modality is popularly known as TAVR” he told
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