A Primary Focus on Patients
In March of 2015, UNC physicians performed the first suprasternal Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) surgery.
In March of 2015, UNC physicians performed the first suprasternal Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) surgery.
In March of 2015, UNC physicians performed the first suprasternal Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) surgery that delivered a new aortic valve through a small incision just below the Adam’s apple. This minimally invasive procedure requires a much less stressful recovery and often patients can return home the next day.
With demand for the procedure increasing, the number of TAVR surgeries has nearly tripled in recent years. Today, doctors from the world’s other elite health-care institutions travel to the UNC Medical Center to learn this life-saving procedure.
