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Fluttering in the chest, an irregular heartbeat, rapid weight gain, chest pain, exhaustion, shortness of breath, fever, dizziness, fainting, or near-fainting scenarios are all signs that your heart requires assistance.
What is valvular heart disease, and how does it affect you?
Valvular heart disease is a term used to describe when any of the heart valves become damaged or sick. There are four chambers and four valves in a typical heart. A healthy heart valve’s leaflets fully open and close with each heartbeat, but this does not happen with a damaged valve. Any valve can become faulty, but the aortic valve is the most commonly affected. Aortic valve disease is responsible for the majority of mortality caused by valvular heart disease.
When does your heart require assistance?
Fluttering in the chest, an irregular heartbeat, rapid weight gain, chest pain, exhaustion, shortness of breath, fever, disorientation, and fainting or near-fainting circumstances are all signs that your heart requires assistance. The problem becomes serious when the blood arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart muscle narrow and harden, necessitating surgery. In most cases, open-heart surgery is required to correct the problem.
Because the heart is the center of one’s spiritual and emotional well-being, it is crucial for holistic health. When our hearts, on the other hand, require attention and therapy, we frequently overlook them. Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) are the biggest cause of death in India, according to studies. They account for 17.7 million fatalities. According to the findings of the Global Burden of Disease study, India has a CVD death rate of 272 per 100,000 people, which is much higher than the global average of 235.
Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) has been determined to be the safest and most effective therapeutic option. TAVR is a minimally invasive catheter-based angioplasty-like procedure in which doctors thread a catheter through an artery in the groin and into the heart to replace the damaged aortic valve without having to open the chest physically.
The transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is becoming a more popular option than surgical valve replacement. The most recent scientific evidence shows that this approach is preferable than surgery in low-risk patients, with a near 50% reduction in the risk of mortality, stroke, or re-hospitalization after a year.
We can avoid heart disease by eating well, staying active, maintaining a healthy weight, stopping smoking, reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, and managing stress levels, in addition to surgical procedures.
Furthermore, rather than undergoing open-heart surgery to treat the aforementioned diseases, heart valve replacement treatments, such as Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), are increasingly widely employed to treat the aforementioned conditions. This is a treatment that is used to replace an aortic valve that has constricted and is unable to open correctly.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR):
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), a minimally invasive heart treatment that helps replace a restricted aortic valve that fails to open properly in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis, has become increasingly popular in recent years.
When it comes to the TAVR therapy method, it is not employed for everyone who has valvular heart disease. Additionally, patients who are at a medium to high risk of problems following surgical aortic valve replacement or who have a failing biological tissue valve can choose this option.
