Health First Celebrates 500th Specialty Heart Valve Replacement Procedure
HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER’s Valve Clinic recently performed the 500th transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, a procedure that places a fully collapsible replacement valve into a diseased one by way of a catheter. When the new valve expands, it pushes the old valve leaflets out of the way and takes over the job of regulating blood flow. […]