Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)（经导管主动脉瓣植入术(泰薇)）.pdfVIP

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) A patient’s guide A patient’s guide Valvular heart disease This can cause symptoms of The heart is a muscle which chest pain, breathlessness and/ pumps blood to your lungs and or dizziness when exercising, around the body. There are and can lead to fainting. The four valves within the heart. restriction may also put a strain These valves normally open onto your heart pump, leading to let blood flow through, or to heart muscle weakness, fluid out, of the heart, and then on the lungs or swollen ankles. shut to prevent blood flowing backwards. The preferred treatment for severe symptomatic aortic If a valve becomes diseased or valve stenosis is conventional damaged this can affect the aortic valve replacement. This flow of blood in two ways: involves open-heart surgery to replace the narrowed 1. If the valve does not open valve with a new artificial fully it will obstruct the flow. one. However, due to your This is called valve stenosis. overall medical condition, you are considered a high-risk 2. If the valve does not close candidate for conventional properly it will allow blood to surgery, but may be suitable flow backwards in the wrong for a transcatheter aortic valve direction. This is called valve replacement. regurgitation. What is Transcatheter Aortic Aortic valve stenosis Valve Implantation? You have been diagnosed Tr