S.L. Raheja Hospital Performs India's First Durable Aortic Valve Replacement

In a landmark development for cardiac care in India, specialists at S.L. Raheja Hospital, Mahim - A Fortis Associate, have successfully performed Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) using the next-generation Resilia valve for the first time in the country, providing patients with unprecedented long-term benefits and is used in high-risk scenarios.

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The procedure was carried out by Dr. Haresh Mehta (Dir. Interventional Cardiology & Structural Heart Interventions), and Consultants for Interventional Cardiology, Dr. Kayan Sioda and Dr. Raghav Nagpal, on a 73-year-old male patient with severe Aortic Stenosis (weak heart), severe Biventricular Failure and Acute Renal Failure requiring Dialysis. With a predicted 55% surgical mortality risk (STS score), a conventional open-heart surgery was a challenge. In this high-risk scenario, the hospital successfully implanted the revolutionary new valve in a minimally invasive technique that did not require opening the chest.