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  2. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement - Wikipedia

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    Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the implantation of the aortic valve of the heart through the blood vessels without actual removal of the native valve (as opposed to the aortic valve replacement by open heart surgery, surgical aortic valve replacement, AVR). The first TAVI was performed on 16 April 2002 by Alain Cribier, which ...

  3. Aortic valve replacement - Wikipedia

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    Aortic valve replacement. ICD-9-CM. 35.21 - 35.22 V43.3. [edit on Wikidata] Aortic valve replacement is a cardiac surgery procedure whereby a failing aortic valve is replaced with an artificial heart valve. The aortic valve may need to be replaced because of aortic regurgitation (back flow), or if the valve is narrowed by stenosis.

  4. "What alternative did I have?" Record-setting patient, 100 ...

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    The risk of heart failure increases as the heart works overtime, and Dearborn was feeling the effects, including labored breathing. At 100, any surgery comes with risks, but doctors believed TAVR ...

  5. Aortic valvuloplasty - Wikipedia

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    Aortic valvuloplasty relies on placing a catheter with a balloon at the tip in the aortic valve, which is then inflated to widen the narrowed valve. [1] In order to reach the aortic valve, a blood vessel is punctured to introduce the catheter and advance it into the aortic valve. The most common site of entry is the femoral artery in the groin ...

  6. Valve replacement - Wikipedia

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    Valve replacement. Valve replacement. ICD-9-CM. V43.3. [edit on Wikidata] Valve replacement surgery is the replacement of one or more of the heart valves with either an artificial heart valve or a bioprosthesis (homograft from human tissue or xenograft e.g. from pig). It is an alternative to valve repair.

  7. Ross procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Ross procedure, also known as pulmonary autograft, is a heart valve replacement operation to treat severe aortic valve disease, such as in children and young adults with a bicuspid aortic valve. [1] It involves removing the diseased aortic valve, situated at the exit of the left side of the heart (where the aorta begins), and replacing it ...

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