TAVR.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased aortic valve without open-heart surgery. A catheter is threaded through a blood vessel (usually the femoral artery) and a new valve is expanded inside the old one.
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What is tavr?
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased aortic valve without open-heart surgery. A catheter is threaded through a blood vessel (usually the femoral artery) and a new valve is expanded inside the old one.
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