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Give me a ‘T’AVAR’ procedure ,,,,, ***UPDATE*** ,,,,,

forgemonkeyforgemonkey Member Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭✭
edited April 2023 in General Discussion

Gonna have a TAVR procedure next week. The ‘ol aortic valve has calcium on it to the point of regurgitation into the left ventricle. ,,,,, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

They trained a monkey (😉) to push various wires and catheters from the femoral arteries up into the aortic valve, inflate an elongated balloon in the valve ‘leaflets’ and shove the new valve in place and the old valve leaflets help hold it in place.

In the ICU over night, in case they have to install a ‘pacemaker’ and go home the next day.

Here’s what the expanded valve looks like, sample from manufacturer, after insertion and expanded, about the diameter of a quarter, and an end view showing the leaflets.

New valve leaflets’ are pork tissue. Doc said I’ll run a little fever, wanna eat all the time, and make love in the mud. 🤣


******* UPDATE ******* Got - ER - Done ,,,,,,,

Took longer to do the prep work than to shove the new valve in place. Two insertion places, one at the top of each groin area. Another two insertions in the arms.

Ask the nurse why an insertion place in the left groin. She said the left one was for the Doctors tool box, storing additional wires, inflation device to expand the valve (29mm diameter ,,,, 1.14 ID valve.

Inserted a ‘filter’ in the carotid artery to catch any debris from shoving the new valve into the old one, lessening the probability for a stroke. Two + hrs. for procedure, + one hour for recovery. Off to a room with enough wires attached to make a rocket engineer proud. Can’t drive for two weeks and a coffee cup is the weight max for lifting.

The Doc will give me a video of the monitor he was watching while stumbling around in my heart. 🤣

After pinching three of the nurses this morning they decided I would be better off at home ,,,,,,, 😂.

Feeling better already but lounging around for a couple of weeks ain’t gonna work ,,,,,, but I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

Many thanks for the kind words and prayers.


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