Renowned Indian Cardiologist Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor, working at Gurugram based Medanta Hospital, speaks about transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr), a minimally invasive treatment option for the replacement of the diseased aortic valve.
Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor "Historically up till say 15 years back we had only one way to treat the valves, that was a surgical replacement or surgical repair of the valve (The repair of the valve is not possible with the aortic valve but repair of the valve is possible with the mitral valve where the leakage is there in some subsets and not in all subsets) There were a lot many subsets who were highly vulnerable and are at very high risk for a surgical valve replacement, so we were not able to offer a surgical valve replacement.
He says "So those patients are actually dying and we didn't have any option. So then this procedure came, which is known as TAVR.”
“The whole procedure is done through access in the artery, which is usually taken from the groin, no surgery, no cut on the chest, no incision done, no blood loss. It has to be done with proper expertise and proper steps”
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“We go across the valve with a wire, then the first balloon dilates the valve. And then the valve has to be deployed at a proper place with precise placement, that needs to be a certain time, and again it has to be done properly. Once this valve is deployed, it crushes the diseased valve beneath, the new valve starts functioning immediately. Now it is a big relief to a patient.” said Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor
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About Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor
Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor is an awarded Indian cardiologist working as Vice-Chairman - Interventional cardiology at Medanta The Medicity- Gurugram, India. He is recognized globally as one of the renowned cardiac specialists for the TAVR procedure. According to the reports, the success rate of TAVR performed by Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor is 98% and with 100% valve deployment.
