Requesting Your Recommendation To See If Replace Aortic Valve Using TAVR Procedure Safe Or Is There An Alternative

Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2025

Question: Hello Dr,
Good evening,
My Father is admitted in hospital and referred as heart failure. Doctor has recommended to replace aortic valve using TAVR procedure.
Since my father is old and extremely week, the suggestion is to proceed with the TAVR procedure.

Requesting your recommendation to see if this can be performed through different procedure or through medicines.

Attaching the additional Blood, Angio and echo Test Reports

Answered by Dr. Pallavi.m (28 hours later)

Brief Answer:
TAVR is the best procedure for your father

Detailed Answer:
Hello ,
Yes your father has aortic valve fully calcified with severe stenosis. TAVR procedure is best for him now as he developed heart failure. It is a minimally invasive procedure of replacing aortic valve by using a catheter inserted into a blood vessel without requiring any open heart surgery. As your father is old and weak, TAVR is the best treatment for his condition. Medicines may treat only symptoms that too temporarily so it's not advised.
Hope I have answered your question. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Thank you. Take care.

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Follow up: Dr. Pallavi.m (20 hours later)

Hello Dr Sir,

Thanks a lot for your detailed answer sir. Also one last recommendation sir, should this treatment performed with MCS support or without MCS support sir, which one will be less riskier sir.

Answered by Dr. Pallavi.m (14 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Proper pre procedural planning and pre procedural deployment of MCS.

Detailed Answer:
Hello sir, usage of concomitant MCS depends upon the surgeon and the severity of the disease and presence of any coronary artery disease. Careful pre procedural planning and pre procedural deployment of MCS will certainly help in any challenging situations like sudden cardiac collapse.
Hope I have answered your question. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Thank you. Take care.

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Follow up: Dr. Pallavi.m (8 hours later)

Thanks a lot sir, mostly we might undergo the procedure sometime this week sir.

Answered by Dr. Pallavi.m (2 days later)

Brief Answer:
Wishing your father a speed and complete recovery

Detailed Answer:
Hello sir, please convey my respect to your father. Ask him to stay strong. My prayers are always with him. Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Saisudha Kotla

Follow up: Dr. Pallavi.m (12 hours later)

Thanks a lot sir, We have completed the procedure on tuesday and yesterday late night he is moved back to the ward. They are making him to walk now. Hope to see him back in action back again.

Answered by Dr. Pallavi.m (52 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Congratulations sir

Detailed Answer:
Hope for the best

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj