PGI Chandigarh performs minimally invasive heart valve replacement on 78-year-old patient

Otaal, who recently returned from the UK after completing a fellowship in transcatheter heart valve operations from the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, said the patient was a 78-year-old man who had undergone bypass surgery along with mitral valve replacement in 2005.

He also suffered from hypertension, kidney problems and low platelet count.

“Recently, he started having breathlessness … and was admitted with heart failure. He was diagnosed with structural degeneration of the previously implanted bioprosthetic surgical valve, leading to leakage as well as blockage, for which reintervention was mandatory,” Otaal said.

Being at very high risk for conventional redo valve surgery, TMVR offered a minimally invasive alternative for valve replacement at very low risk, said the doctor.

No open surgical access through the chest was required for the procedure and the patient completely recovered within a few hours. This innovative technology shows promise for patients with advanced mitral valve disease, he said.

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