The Edwards SAPIEN heart valve is a collapsible aortic heart valve that can be introduced into the body via a catheter-based delivery system. The valve is designed to replace a patient’s diseased aortic valve without traditional open-heart surgery and while the heart continues to beat. The valve can be implanted in patients using the fransfemoral technique meaning delivered thorough the femoral artery or trans-apical technique meaning delivered via a small incision between the ribs.
Prior to implantation, the valve is carefully mounted and crimped onto the balloon delivery catheter. The valve/balloon assembly is inserted into the femoral artery and delivered with the Retro Flex 3 trans-femoral delivery system to the site of the patient’s native diseased valve. Next the physician utilizes echocardiographic and fluoroscopic guidance for visualization during the valve delivery. This minimally-invasive approach is intended to be performed under local and/or general anesthesia. When it finally reaches the site of the diseased valve, the SAPIEN …show more content…
As the pregnancy progressed the situation stated to get worst because the pregnancy, as the blood volume expanded and the heart’s pumping ability had to double Dicken’s heart could not tolerate this. Instead of cutting open her chest, cardiologist decided to use a minimally invasive procedure. Five months after the procedure, Jasha was born without complications. It was a first in the northwest and perhaps in the U.S. The hospital says the procedures is rarely performed on pregnant women. Doctors had previously determined that an open-heart surgery could put the baby inside Katie’s womb at risk but not replacing the valve would also put the mother and baby in
Prior to implantation, the valve is carefully mounted and crimped onto the balloon delivery catheter. The valve/balloon assembly is inserted into the femoral artery and delivered with the Retro Flex 3 trans-femoral delivery system to the site of the patient’s native diseased valve. Next the physician utilizes echocardiographic and fluoroscopic guidance for visualization during the valve delivery. This minimally-invasive approach is intended to be performed under local and/or general anesthesia. When it finally reaches the site of the diseased valve, the SAPIEN …show more content…
As the pregnancy progressed the situation stated to get worst because the pregnancy, as the blood volume expanded and the heart’s pumping ability had to double Dicken’s heart could not tolerate this. Instead of cutting open her chest, cardiologist decided to use a minimally invasive procedure. Five months after the procedure, Jasha was born without complications. It was a first in the northwest and perhaps in the U.S. The hospital says the procedures is rarely performed on pregnant women. Doctors had previously determined that an open-heart surgery could put the baby inside Katie’s womb at risk but not replacing the valve would also put the mother and baby in