Huh? TAVR is Trans Arterial Valve Replacement. They replace a bad aortic valve by running a catheter from your femoral artery to your heart and drop the new biprosthetic valve on the failing valve.
When I had my aortic valve replaced in 2013 with a horse valve TAVR was still riskier than cutting a hole in my chest. TAVR is no longer risky and a one week recovery time instead of three months (and it was a bad three months). My aortic valve is beginning to shows symptoms that it is wearing out and it may need replacement soon.
Fortunately Valve-in-Valve TAVR can install a new valve over the old one. This is good. The suffering after the 2013 replacement made me consider that another such replacement might make say goodbye instead.
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