{"id":5418,"date":"2017-04-29T15:27:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T15:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2017-04-29T15:27:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T15:27:35","slug":"a-life-saving-story-of-apollo-hospitals-in-performing-tavr-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=5418","title":{"rendered":"A life saving story of Apollo Hospitals in performing TAVR Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TAVR<\/a>Photo Caption:Dr. G Sengottuvelu,\u00a0Senior Interventional Cardiologist<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>with the patient at the press conference on LifeSaving story of performing TAVR by Apollo Hospitals<\/p>\n

\u2022 TAVR \u00a0one of the biggest advancements in modern medicine and Apollo Hospitals , Chennai is one of the very few centers in India performing TAVR<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Over 2,50,000 TAVR procedures have been done around the world<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chennai,\u00a029th April 2017\u00a0:\u00a0Aortic Stenosis (AS)<\/strong> is a very common valvular heart disease and it can lead to significant mortality and morbidity in the elderly population. 14.5 lakh patients suffer with severe Aortic Stenosis in India and the prevalence of AS increases from 2% in adults over 65 years of age to 4% in adults over 85 years of age.<\/p>\n

In this scenario, Apollo Hospitals highlighted the case of performing a complex Trans catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) surgery in a 70 year old patient who had 2 aortic valve cusps with high calcification that made the case more complex. \u201cA Normal Aortic Valve has 3 cusps. But in India we are seeing more patients with 2 cusps which result in early narrowing, thus making the case more complicated. Incidence of Bicuspid valves is 30-40% \u00a0of the patients going for TAVR in India compared to about 15 % in western data. It takes extensive expertise and care in successfully completing the surgery in such cases and we are exited to have achieved in saving the patient,\u201d said Dr. G Sengottuvelu, Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals.
\nTAVR procedure is minimally invasive catheter based procedure sometimes requiring general anaesthesia.\u00a0Further to that now we have further made this Less Invasive TAVR \u00a0i.e, performing the TAVR \u00a0under local anaesthesia and percutaneous access without surgical cut down off the groin minimising hospital stay. \u201cA very important feature of this TAVR procedure is that it has shown not only to improve the length of peoples lives but also the quality of life. TAVR is a great addition to our ability to care for patients with valvular heart disease, and for the appropriate patient, we’ve seen outstanding results,\u201d said Dr. Sengottuvelu talking about the highlights of TAVR surgeries.<\/p>\n

70 years old N Ramanathan , Retired Maths professor who was suffering from severe Aortic valve narrowing and severe lung disease had no treatment options as open surgery and also TAVR was considered high risk. However we evaluated\u00a0his condition\u00a0and after\u00a0much\u00a0team discussion\u00a0we decided to perform\u00a0LESS INVASIVE TAVR ,\u00a0which was done successfully. \u00a0This is one of the valves with 2 cusps and calcium which fell in the highest risk category even for TAVR.<\/p>\n

Patients with severe Aortic Stenosis often develop symptoms that can restrict\u00a0their\u00a0day to day activities,\u00a0such as walking short distances and climbing stairs. These patients can often benefit by replacing their ailing valve. However,\u00a0only two-thirds of the patients undergo\u00a0the\u00a0procedure every year across the globe. The main reason is\u00a0due to\u00a0lack of awareness. Once symptoms appear, untreated patients have a poor prognosis.\u00a0Without treatment, symptomatic Aortic Stenosis will eventually lead to death.\u00a0Thus,\u00a0awareness\u00a0on TAVR and\u00a0its\u00a0procedures need\u00a0to be created among the patients as well as the experts.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0one day seminar\u00a0highlighted the treatment\u00a0procedurals, complexities and post procedure management of TAVR Surgery.\u00a0Panel discussions on the\u00a0“Life after TAVR ” that\u00a0gave a\u00a0lot of insights and solutions for high risk patients with Aortic stenosis was also a major highlight of the event.<\/p>\n

About Apollo Hospitals group:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was in 1983, that Dr.Prathap Reddy<\/strong> made a pioneering endeavour by\u00a0launching India\u2019s first corporate hospital – Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. Over the years Apollo\u00a0Hospitals has established itself as home to the largest cardiac practice in India with over 160,000\u00a0cardiac surgeries. Apollo Hospitals is also the world\u2019s largest private cancer care provider and runs\u00a0the world\u2019s leading solid organ transplant program.\u00a0Now, as Asia\u2019s largest and most trusted healthcare group, its presence includes 8,488 beds across 51 Hospitals, 1,586 Pharmacies, 92 Primary Care and Diagnostic Clinics, 100 Telemedicine units across\u00a010 countries. Health Insurance services, Global Projects Consultancy, 15 colleges of Nursing and\u00a0Hospital Management and a Research Foundation with a focus on global Clinical Trials,\u00a0epidemiological studies, stem cell &amp; genetic research and the first Proton Therapy Center across\u00a0Asia, Africa and Australia.\u00a0In a rare honor, the Government of India issued a commemorative stamp in recognition of Apollo\u2019s\u00a0contribution, the first for a healthcare organization. Apollo Hospitals Chairman, Dr.Prathap C Reddy,\u00a0was conferred with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan in 2010. For more than 28 years, the Apollo\u00a0Hospitals Group has continuously excelled and maintained leadership in medical innovation, world-class clinical services and cutting-edge technology. Our hospitals are consistently ranked\u00a0amongst the best hospitals globally for advanced medical services and research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo Caption:Dr. G Sengottuvelu,\u00a0Senior Interventional Cardiologist\u00a0with the patient at the press conference on LifeSaving story of performing TAVR by Apollo Hospitals \u2022 TAVR \u00a0one of the biggest advancements in modern medicine and Apollo Hospitals , Chennai is one of the very few centers in India performing TAVR \u2022 Over 2,50,000 TAVR procedures have been done […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5420,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions\/5420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}