{"id":3801,"date":"2019-11-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heritagevalley.org\/news\/heritage-valley-s-tavr-program-treats-100th-patient\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:18:21","slug":"heritage-valley-s-tavr-program-treats-100th-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heritagevalley.org\/news\/heritage-valley-s-tavr-program-treats-100th-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Valley???s TAVR Program Treats 100th Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The multidisciplinary TAVR team had reason to celebrate this past week as they treated their 100th patient with the innovative, minimally-invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. Heritage Valley Beaver is one of only five hospitals in Southwestern Pennsylvania to offer the revolutionary procedure.<\/p>\n<p>During the TAVR procedure, a catheter from the groin&nbsp;is used to implant a new&nbsp;valve within a damaged heart valve in patients suffering from severe aortic stenosis. Because the procedure is less invasive than traditional surgery, there are considerable benefits for patients including a&nbsp;short&nbsp;hospital stay (usually 1 day), faster recovery time, quicker relief of symptoms and a&nbsp;lower risk of&nbsp;complications such as stroke. Procedures are done without general anesthesia.<\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Valley Beaver TAVR program was initiated in April 2018 to offer a treatment option for high surgical&nbsp;risk patients who were not able to undergo open-heart surgery either due to advanced&nbsp;age or other&nbsp;factors. Since then, the procedure has been approved nationally&nbsp;for low-risk patients as a non-surgical treatment option.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The TAVR program at Heritage Valley has expanded since its inception. We are now able to offer this breakthrough medical technology to most&nbsp;patients with aortic stenosis,&rdquo; said Dr. Jasvinder Sandhu, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Heritage Valley Beaver. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great benefit that our patients and their&nbsp;families can receive high-quality innovative care within their community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the TAVR program at Heritage Valley Beaver <a href=\"\/pages\/tavr\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 82.7206%; height: 412px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 317px; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagevalley.org\/media\/W1siZiIsIjIwMTkvMTEvMjYvNzQ2dGo0b3hkeF9UQVZSXzEwMF9UZWFtLmpwZyJdXQ\/TAVR-100-Team.jpg\" data-name=\"Tavr 100 Team\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 100px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px; text-align: left;\">\n<p><em>Pictured left to right are members of the Heritage Valley Beaver TAVR Team: &nbsp;Jasvinder Sandhu, MD, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; Carrie Farrow, RN, TAVR Coordinator; Alvise Bernabei, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgeon; Christopher Morgan, DO, Interventional Cardiologist; and Dinesh Bhaskaran, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgeon.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The multidisciplinary TAVR team had reason to celebrate this past week as they treated their 100th patient with the innovative, minimally-invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. 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