{"id":101,"date":"2022-01-08T19:26:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drstewart.com\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2022-02-01T00:26:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:26:08","slug":"transcatheter-aortic-valve-replacement-tavr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drstewart.com\/transcatheter-aortic-valve-replacement-tavr\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"101\" class=\"elementor elementor-101\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1407ef44 elementor-section-height-min-height gradient-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"1407ef44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7074f429\" data-id=\"7074f429\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9744f3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9744f3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c100b7b\" data-id=\"c100b7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6250fb89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6250fb89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.6.3 - 12-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Procedures<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3185dbc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3185dbc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5e3290 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f5e3290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.3 - 12-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure to replace a narrowed aortic valve that fails to open properly (aortic valve stenosis).<\/strong> In this procedure, we insert a catheter into the leg or chest and guide it to the heart.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76f4557\" data-id=\"76f4557\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fe3f6b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fe3f6b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e269064\" data-id=\"5e269064\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71a7d0c2 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"71a7d0c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:10,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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The aortic valve, a one-way check valve, separates the heart&#8217;s main pumping chamber (left ventricle) from the main artery that supplies oxygen-rich blood to your body.<\/p><p>Like any movable part in an engine, the aortic valve can wear out over time. The way it wears out is not unlike what happens when you walk around barefoot &#8212; you get callouses on the bottom of your feet. That&#8217;s the same type of change that happens to those valve leaflets and become less and less pliable. The leaflets open less and less as time goes on. It\u2019s sort like putting your thumb at the end of a garden hose. The amount of water coming out gets less and less, but the pressure inside the hose is enormous. Because less blood is coming out, and because the pressure inside the heart is high, there is a back-up behind (in the lungs) and not enough going forward. As a consequence, we feel tired earlier in the day, short of breath with less and less exertion, our ankles may swell. While patients often dismiss the gradual loss of energy as aging, the symptoms are due to congestive heart failure.<\/p><p><strong>Diagnosing Aortic Valve Stenosis<\/strong><\/p><p>The many advances in replacing or repairing the aortic valve cannot be realized unless an individual is first diagnosed with aortic valve disease, which often involves stenosis, or narrowing. Regular checkups are a must. Often, patients are diagnosed their primary care doctor who hears a &#8220;heart murmur&#8221; through a stethoscope.<\/p><p>As the valve gets tighter and tighter, the blood comes out at a higher velocity. The increased velocity created with the hardening of the aortic valve is the murmur that a doctor hears when he or she listens to your chest, the &#8216;whooshing&#8217; sound.<\/p><p>Your doctor will determine that the valve is getting tighter and that is what&#8217;s making you have that lack of energy.<\/p><p>Over the course of time, when the valve gets too narrow, it means not enough blood can get out of the heart and so it backs up into the rest of the system. It backs up into the lungs. That&#8217;s what is known as congestive heart failure. When you start to feel these symptoms, it may not be aging and it&#8217;s worth making an appointment to see your cardiologist.<\/p><p><strong>Heart Murmur and Other Symptoms<\/strong><\/p><p>Aortic stenosis produces symptoms, such as abnormal heart sound (heart murmur) that can be heard through a stethoscope (think back to the garden hose explanation\u2026the high pressure coming out of the hose is what cause the sound of the murmur); shortness of breath, particularly when you have been very active or when you lie down; dizziness; fainting, chest pain or tightness, or irregular heartbeat. Aortic valve disease can cause very serious complications, including heart failure, stroke and death.<\/p><p><strong>Catheter Based Valve Surgery<\/strong><\/p><p>Interventional cardiologists and surgeons perform this minimally invasive TAVR procedure as a team. For the right candidate, TAVR replaces a diseased aortic valve with a new, biological valve. Following just a needlestick in the groin, physicians use a guide wire to move the new valve (collapsed and placed inside a catheter and wire mesh) through a vessel into the heart. They position the new valve inside and check its function using echocardiography. And that&#8217;s mounted on a stent and that&#8217;s brought all the way across the old heart valve. Once it gets to where we need it, we spring it into place. It goes inside the old valve and pushes it to the side and this then becomes the new valve, which opens and closes without any impedance at all.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db71ac2\" data-id=\"1db71ac2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-957b261 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"957b261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.3 - 12-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-testimonial-wrapper{overflow:hidden;text-align:center}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-content{font-size:1.3em;margin-bottom:20px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-name{line-height:1.5;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-job{font-size:.85em;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta{width:100%;line-height:1}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta-inner{display:inline-block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image img{width:60px;height:60px;border-radius:50%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;max-width:none}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-image{padding-right:15px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-details{text-align:left}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{margin-bottom:20px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">Dr. Stewart was very comforting since we knew I would have to travel from NJ to Miami. 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