Talk:Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

In europe/UK they have used Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) since about 2007. 7,000 such procedures are expected to be performed in Germany in 2010. Approx 1000 have been done in UK and NICE have approved it for patients not suitable for open heart surgery.

It sounds like the same/similar procedure but US trial implanted cow heart valves so maybe it counts as a different procedure and justifies a separate article. Rod57 (talk) 00:11, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How is the existing valve removed?

Having trouble figuring out how the existing, original valve is removed. Can someone add detail on this? CrocodilesAreForWimps (talk) 05:07, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How is this procedure done, in words of one syllable?

How is the transcatheter valve actually inserted, in layman's terms? This is what I had hoped to learn, but did not find. The term 'method of entry' is not sufficiently clear to a non-doctor. Is it an injection, for instance?