TAVI experience

This 91 year old patient describes his experiences of having a TAVI procedure (transcatheter aortic valve).

A playlist for people considering TAVI aortic valve replacement.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI) is a minimally invasive therapy for severe symptomatic Aortic Stenosis (AS), or narrowing or the aortic valve. AS is the most common type of valvular heart disease in Europe and North America. It most often presents as calcific AS in adults of advanced age and occurs in almost 10% of adults over the age of 80 years. Over 250,000 TAVI procedures have been performed worldwide.

Professor Alun Davies explains that there are two main treatment options for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and that they are open surgery and endovascular repair.

Mr Usman Jaffer explains that there are two options to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA): endovascular repair (EVAR) and open repair. In terms of EVAR, this is done by keyhole incisions in the groin. A device (called a stent graft) is inserted into the femoral artery (artery in the thigh) in the groin and travels up the blood vessels to reach the aorta inside the abdomen (belly). It is fixed inside the aorta to strengthen it and prevent it from rupturing (bursting).

Mr Usman Jaffer explains that there are two options to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA): endovascular repair (EVAR) and open repair. In terms of EVAR, this is done by keyhole incisions in the groin. A device (called a stent graft) is inserted into the femoral artery (artery in the thigh) in the groin and travels up the blood vessels to reach the aorta inside the abdomen (belly). It is fixed inside the aorta to strengthen it and prevent it from rupturing (bursting).