Stented Heart Valve Replacement

Stented (or stentless) Aortic Valve Replacement is a procedure to treat severe aortic stenosis.

The aortic heart valve is made of natural tissue obtained from the heart of a pig.

The procedure

• Sedation or general anesthesia.
• A small incision is made in the goin
• A sheath is guided to the heart.
• Using special imaging equipment to look at your arteries, a catheter with a balloon on the tip is threaded through the sheath and into your heart.
• When the end of the balloon is in the aortic valve, the balloon will be inflated and will force the narrowed aortic valve open to prepare it for the the new heart valve.
• Using the special imaging equipment, the doctor will place the aortic heart valve in position over your own diseased aortic valve.
• The new aortic heart valve will begin working and the doctor will conduct a test to confirm the valve is working properly.
• The catheter will be removed, the incision will be closed, and the procedure will be complete.

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