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How this new heart procedure saved the life of a 72-year-old woman in Mumbai
Updated On: 11 March, 2024 10:35 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The high-risk patient with a history of severe comorbidities, two (strokes), and two Angioplasties was diagnosed with severe Calcified Aortic Valve Stenosis causing narrowing of the Aortic Valve in the heart leading to dizziness with falls, chest discomfort, and severe breathlessness
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Heera Mishra, a 72-year-old woman from Mira Road had a history of severe comorbidities, including two strokes and two Angioplasties to treat severe Calcified Aortic Valve Stenosis.
She was treated by a team consisting of Dr. Anup Taksande, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Mayuresh Pradhan, Consultant Cardiovascular Thoracic and Heart Transplant Surgeon and Dr. Manik Chopra, Structural Heart Disease Intervention Cardiologist and TAVR & TAVI Specialist who carried out one of the first successful life-saving Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure on the patient.
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