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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Tavr), Emily Wentzel
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Tavr), Emily Wentzel
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
Emily Wentzel
Lynn Blazaskie
Abstract
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR, is a procedure that is performed when a patient is in need of a new aortic valve. This is a procedure done to relieve symptoms of aortic stenosis. TAVR first began in France in 2002 and came to the United States in 2005. Cardiac Catheterization is the modality that is utilized in order to perform this procedure along with a cardiac catheterization team. The team includes cardiac catheterization technologists, doctors, nurses, cardiovascular surgeons, and ultrasound technologists. Cardiac Catheterization is a minor surgical procedure that …