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Thank you for sharing. Glad your wife did so well!
Gary
Anyone here had a TAVR?
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Pop had one done at 97, They run a stent up the femoral artery and the stent collapses the diseased original valve then deploys the replacement valve inside the stent itself. Non invasive, quick. His original valve was only opening 7 MM versus 28 MM for a healthy one. He lived another 5 1/2 years to age 103.5. He was red as a beet from the increased blood flow, recovery seemed to be a breeze for his age. He passed from chronic pneumonia held on for 5 days longer than they predicted gasping for air every two seconds for those extra days and finally gave out.
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SSHHHHH. Don’t let the cat out of the bag, or they might take away his license to practice lawAortic valve replacement. And no, I can't tell you anything about them.
But the good news is Cajun now has proof he has a heart!
The stent and valve are elongated (stretched out) many times the deployed size, allowing it to be delivered within the catheter. Once it is positioned inside the old defective valve the stent is deployed, collapsing the diseased valve and it expands to around an inch and that movement deploys the replacement valve, taking only a short period of time, probably not much more than a heartbeat or a few (not sure exactly how long or even if the heart is stopped). Actual operation time is around 30 minutes, similar to a stent installation for arterial restrictions.
He had never had any catheterizations before and was in good health otherwise. There was another man there that they sent home to die. He was overweight and had not lost that weight so he went home and he was a lot younger than Pop.
When Pop passed he had dementia, leukemia and double pneumonia (which finally caused his heart to stop). The pneumonia was responsible and it was the same thing that took his mother's life. She fought for 4 days, he fought for 9. His respiration rate was every two seconds those last 4 days. That's one every two seconds or 43,200 versus a normal one of around 10 times a minute, 5 times the normal rate for the last 4 days.
The valve repair must have been still very good for him to be have lasted that long. The caretakers were giving him oxygen and breathing therapy even though he had a DNR that was 40 years old. Neither of my two living brothers understood that but the youngest one had power of attorney. Pop was pulling the tube out of his mouth and they just figured it was the dementia. My brother and I have not had a word since he died and that is probably permanent. I hope he suffers like that when he passes.
He had never had any catheterizations before and was in good health otherwise. There was another man there that they sent home to die. He was overweight and had not lost that weight so he went home and he was a lot younger than Pop.
When Pop passed he had dementia, leukemia and double pneumonia (which finally caused his heart to stop). The pneumonia was responsible and it was the same thing that took his mother's life. She fought for 4 days, he fought for 9. His respiration rate was every two seconds those last 4 days. That's one every two seconds or 43,200 versus a normal one of around 10 times a minute, 5 times the normal rate for the last 4 days.
The valve repair must have been still very good for him to be have lasted that long. The caretakers were giving him oxygen and breathing therapy even though he had a DNR that was 40 years old. Neither of my two living brothers understood that but the youngest one had power of attorney. Pop was pulling the tube out of his mouth and they just figured it was the dementia. My brother and I have not had a word since he died and that is probably permanent. I hope he suffers like that when he passes.
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I had a Quad. Bypass done in 1996.
I had the TAVR PROCEDURE DONE IN 2022.
I spent 3 days in the Hospital and was released.
All is well. I do see my Cardiologist every 4 months.
Good Luck to you what ever your decision is.
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I've never cared for bullpup format rifles.
Believe it or not, I met the inventor; Henning Rud Anderson. A fascinating and brilliant individual. He is close friends with my good friend who is a heart surgeon. It doesn’t answer the OP’s question though, as I do not have a TAVR valve.
Don’t know if this is any way applicable, I don’t know the specific procedure:
My boss’ husband had a valve replacement at about age 70. The choice was either open heart surgery or going up the femoral artery. He chose open heart surgery.
His reason: the up the artery method can only be done once. If it has to be replaced again, open heart would be the only option. But he would likely be old enough that no one would do it. By going with open heart first, the other would still be an option if needed later.
My boss’ husband had a valve replacement at about age 70. The choice was either open heart surgery or going up the femoral artery. He chose open heart surgery.
His reason: the up the artery method can only be done once. If it has to be replaced again, open heart would be the only option. But he would likely be old enough that no one would do it. By going with open heart first, the other would still be an option if needed later.
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I had one this past Wednesday (May 7). Checked in the hospital at 8:00 am and home by 11:00 am the next day. No pain at all - not a single Tylenol since the procedure.
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I was told the femoral approach is repeatable.
