Left atrial appendage device closure with WATCHMAN device for atrial fibrillation
Background A 67-year old female patient presented at Yashoda Hospitals with atrial fibrillation. Diagnosis & Treatment She had a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 4. Therefore, she needed anticoagulation, but she was at high bleeding risk. The WATCHMAN device...
Continue reading...TAVR procedure for the management of severe aortic stenosis
Background A 62-year-old female patient with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis presented at Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad. Diagnosis & Treatment For further management of aortic stenosis, she was taken up for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement ...
Continue reading...TMVR Valve-in-Valve procedure to correct valve degeneration and severe mitral regurgitation
A 71-year old male patient who had undergone mitral valve replacement (bioprosthetic valve) in 2005 came with valve degeneration and severe mitral regurgitation. Diagnosis & Treatment He was under high risk for second open-heart surgery, therefore, he...
Continue reading...TAVR for 81-year old NYHA class III patient with aortic stenosis
An 81-year-old African male was admitted with complaints of the progressive shortness of breath (NYHA class III) on exertion for 3 months. He had also complained of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea along with swelling of the lower limbs for the past month. He...
Continue reading...Right Subclavian Angioplasty
Case - 1 Did Right Subclavian Angioplasty for a patient who had recurrent Syncope (sudden loss of consciousness). There was complete occlusion of the blood vessel supply to the right hand. This leads to stealing of the blood from the brain via vertebral...
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