Mysore/Mysuru: The Heart Team of Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Mysuru, has added another feather to its illustrious medical achievements by successfully performing Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR), one of the most advanced cardiac treatment modalities. The team had performed the treatment on a 70-year-old patient suffering bio prosthetic valve degeneration (natural history of bio prosthetic valve).
In the case of VM (Name changed), who hails from Mumbai, her mitral valve which was replaced due to severe mitral valve stenosis and regurgitation in 2007 (15 years ago) by Dr. M.N. Ravi. Presently she had started showing signs of valve degeneration and visited Dr. M.N. Ravi for review. Ideally she needed repeat valve replacement since she was breathless and had fatigue. However, as Mrs. VM was 70 years of age and very frail, doctors felt doing another open-heart procedure would be of high risk. However, the team advised TMVR.
