One year after their procedure, approximately 8.5% of TAVR patients experienced death, stroke or re-hospitalization, compared to 15.1% of surgical patients. TAVR patients often spent less than 24 hours in the hospital then returned quickly to normal life, compared to days of hospitalization and weeks of recuperation for those who underwent surgery.
Studies estimate about 12.4% of people in the United States have aortic stenosis, with 3.4% of those being severe and needing treatment. Henry Ford Health System’s Center for Structural Heart Disease is a leading valve repair and replacement center in the Midwest, offering the most devices, both FDA-approved and investigational, available for patients.
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“With our aging population and the continued refinement of our techniques and devices, use of this technology will only continue to expand to the benefit of our patients,” said Dr. Henry Kim, Medical Director of the Edith and Benson Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, on Sunday from New Orleans shortly after the announcement. “Bill O'Neill was prescient of this revolution in how we treat structural heart disease. Now, our large, experienced team and state-of-the-art center is poised to treat all patients in need of a new valve.”
The Henry Ford Center for Structural Heart Disease is a magnet referral center in the Midwest for patients with valve issues, including treatment of aortic and mitral valves. The Center includes multiple heart catheterization laboratories, including two hybrid catheterization lab and operating rooms, or Hybrid ORs, at Henry Ford Hospital and one Hybrid OR at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township. Patients who undergo TAVR typically go home within 24 hours. These patients can experience concierge-level care, with hotel-like surroundings for them and their loved ones. TAVR Clinics are available at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital and Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital in Jackson – with TAVR procedures expected to be available at both hospitals with the Henry Ford team within the next few months.
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