Minimally invasive heart surgery helped a Spring resident maintain her active lifestyle
, but it can lead to heart failure and death if it’s left untreated.
“Open-heart surgery is a huge undertaking. The recovery is very hard and arduous,” Aertker said. “But TAVR is so much less invasive and so much easier to recover from. It’s really expanded who we can treat for aortic stenosis.” “I went out the next day,” she said, “and I was just zoom, zoom, zooming around. I didn’t have to stop at all.”quadruple-bypass heart surgery
“She cannot stand to be sitting there at the apartment doing nothing,” said Miller, the youngest of her mother’s three daughters. “She likes to be doing something all the time.” Before the development and approval of TAVR, replacing an aortic valve required a sternotomy, where the surgeon cuts through the breastbone to access the heart. Patients need to stay in the hospital for five to seven days after the procedure, and it can take more than a month for them to fully heal.TAVR, on the other hand, does not involve cutting through the breastbone.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tuscan-style spring vegetable soup: Tuscan spring soup satisfies without being heavySoup season in Tuscany doesn't end once spring begins, but it does mean the soups start to take a different tone.
Read more »
Texas A&M: Quarterback analysis after spring footballConner Weigman is Texas A&M’s presumed starting quarterback entering this fall,...
Read more »
University of Texas: Quarterback analysis after spring footballThere won't be any quarterback controversy for Texas this offseason. It's Quinn Ewers'...
Read more »
Sooners defense leads the way in Red-White spring game
Read more »
Nebraska Football: Everything Matt Rhule said at presser following Huskers Spring Game
Read more »
Your Ultimate Spring Cleaning Checklist: 23 Tasks You Don't Want to ForgetHere's your ultimate spring cleaning checklist. According to experts, these are the tasks you might be forgetting.
Read more »