A team of experts at Jipmer performed the first heart valve replacement procedure without opening chest. Class act: The team of Jipmer doctors that performed the rare heart valve replacement procedure. Termed as Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), the procedure involves passing a catheter with a new valve through a small incision in the groin to replace the diseased heart valve. The rare feat was achieved by the combined team effort of Departments of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anaesthesia, Jipmer said. J. Selvaraj from Cardiology, Dr. Sreevathsa KS Prasad from Cardiac Surgery and Dr. Satyen Parida from Anaesthesia.
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