The Healing Tree, SKH Cardiac Centre conducts first TAVI procedure in Anand-Kheda district

The 70-year-old patient was suffering from aortic stenosis which was limiting his day-to-day functioning

The Healing Tree, Shree Krishna Hospital Bhanubhai Madhuben Patel Cardiac Centre has achieved a milestone by performing the first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), the latest non-surgical procedure in the Anand-Kheda region. The team of doctors at the hospital implanted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved self-expanding artificial aortic valve without surgery in a 70-year-old male patient who had severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis with heavy calcification. Such procedure can be done only at the state-of-the-art cardiac centre with the backup of availability of a complete cardiac team.

The patient, who hails from Karamsad had been suffering from aortic stenosis which limited his day-to-day functioning. Aortic stenosis is the critical narrowing of the valve guarding the main outflow chamber of the heart, a condition that can occur in ageing patients. It results in breathlessness, fatigue and treatment is usually a high-risk surgery.