Heart & Vascular
TAVR Procedure
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
As aortic stenosis progresses, your heart team will determine when and how to fix your valve. Options for fixing your valve typically include open heart surgery or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).Aortic Valve Stenosis
As aortic stenosis progresses, patients often start to develop symptoms which include:
- Chest pain
- Dizziness or light-headedness
- Difficulty breathing or feeling out of breath
- Difficulty walking short distances
- Rapid, fluttering heartbeat
- Difficulty lying down flat due to shortness of breath
- The feeling like you might faint or fainting
- Swelling in your feet, ankles, lower legs
If you have been told you have a heart murmur and are experiencing any symptoms listed above, talk to your doctor or cardiologist.
Evolut EXPAND TAVR II Pivotal Trial
Monument Health is rerolled in the Evolut EXPAND TAVR II Pivotal Trial. The purpose of the EXPAND trial is to explore the treatment of moderate aortic stenosis (AS) with early TAVR before AS becomes severe. Early treatment of AS may help preserve cardiac function, prevent or slow further deterioration in cardiac function, and prevent death in some patients.
Joseph Tuma, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
Cardiovascular Medicine, Vascular Medicine, Structural Heart, Interventional Cardiology
Rapid City, SD
Becky Sharp, CNP
Rapid City, SD
Meghann Warnke, CNP
Rapid City, SD
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