Replacing an aortic valve without open-heart surgery
For people with a stiff, failing aortic valve, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) offers a shorter, easier recovery than surgical replacement of the valve. TAVR is currently approved only for people in whom surgery is too risky. But refinements to the devices and the procedure itself (which is increasingly being done without general anesthesia) are driving a trend toward the use of TAVR in a broader group of people.
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