Doctors replace indigenous valve, first of its kind in Rajasthan
Doctors at a city-based hospital performed a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), the procedure was the first in North India to be performed with Indian TAVR technology. This technology is the first ever indigenously designed and manufactured transcatheter heart valve and has recently been made commercially available.
Tulsi, a 72-year-old from Goa, was diagnosed with aortic stenosis a few months back. Her daily life was hampered when she started having difficulties in walking, experienced shortness of breath and inability to do even light physical activities. These symptoms worsened and she became wheel-chair bound. Her family doctor detected that she was suffering from aortic stenosis that needed a valve replacement surgery and referred him Jaipur.
“When she came here, her condition was acute which could not be treated with medications. Traditionally, open-heart surgery is the treatment for aortic stenosis but it is not suitable and recommended for high-risk patients including elders,” Dr Ravinder Singh Rao, Interventional Cardiologist and Director, TAVR Program at Eternal Hospital said. “Moreover, with other health conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and peripheral vascular disease, open-heart surgery was not an option. So we decided to perform this procedure using the Indian technology,” he added.
Telling about the Indian technology, Dr Rao said, “The Indian TAVR technology has been backed by ample clinical data. As one of the Principal Investigators of the clinical trials for this technology, I can say that it has led to improved and positive patient outcomes. The technology is associated with zero new pacemaker implantation rates post procedure and faster recovery. The valve is effective in relieving the patient’s symptoms and reducing the death and hospitalization from aortic stenosis.”
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