Tufts Medical Center in downtown Boston is home to one of Eastern Massachusetts’ strongest Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) programs.
The heart valve team, made up of a TAVR coordinator, cardiologists, imaging specialists, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons from the CardioVascular Center is what truly sets our aortic valve disease program apart. The team will evaluate your illness, review your full medical history and develop an individualized care plan for your specific condition.
TAVR is a minimally invasive, FDA approved procedure that is used to replace a diseased heart valve. The four valves in your heart help allow the one-way flow of blood to the rest of your body. When one of these valves is damaged, the heart can no longer pump effectively.
TAVR is a lifesaving procedure that is less invasive and leads to a quicker improvement of your quality of life compared to open heart surgery.
The TAVR procedure is a hybrid procedure, which means that we combine the techniques of a cardiac surgeon and the technology of a catheterization laboratory (cath lab) based procedure.
During the TAVR procedure, a prosthetic valve is delivered to the heart via a catheter. It is carefully positioned inside your valve and expanded. As the new valve is expanded, it pushes your diseased valve out of the way and takes over the job of regulating blood flow.
The common approach to inserting and guiding the catheter to your heart is transfemorally (through the femoral artery in the groin). In some patients alternative access sites can also be used. Our dedicated heart valve team will use our findings from the evaluation stage to determine the best possible approach for you.
Learn more about this procedure by watching the animation below:
The Tufts Medical Center TAVR program is recognized in Boston through our dedication to providing an individual care plan for each patient. Our entire process is focused on identifying and creating an individualized treatment plan for your heart condition, not on getting to a specific procedure. Throughout your time in the care of our exceptional heart valve team, we will continually monitor and modify your treatment plan to get the best possible outcome.
Not only do we want you to get better but we also want to make sure the experience is as stress-free as possible.
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Title(s): Director, Interventional Cardiology Center; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology Appt. Phone: 617-636-2273 Fax #: 617-636-5913
Interventional cardiology
Title(s): Director, Cardiovascular Imaging and Hemodynamic Laboratory; Director, Women's Heart Center; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology Appt. Phone: 617-636-2273 Fax #: 617-636-8070
Echocardiography, heart failure, women's heart disease, cardiac amyloidosis
Title(s): Senior Cardiothoracic Surgeon; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Cardiac Surgery Appt. Phone: 617-636-5590 Fax #: 617-636-6410
Surgical treatment of acquired heart disease, surgical repair of valvular heart disease, surgical repair of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, minimally invasive surgery, arrhythmia surgery, heart transplantation, circulatory assist devices
Title(s): Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Center; Medical Director, Valvular and Structural Heart Health Center; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology Appt. Phone: 617-636-6140 Fax #: 617-636-2276
Interventional cardiology, vascular medicine, peripheral vascular intervention
Title(s): Director, Valve Center; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology Appt. Phone: 617-636-2273 Fax #: 617-636-5913
Non-invasive cardiology, echocardiography
Title(s): Co-Director, Aortic Disease Program; Cardiothoracic Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Cardiac Surgery Appt. Phone: Aortic Disease referrals phone: 617-636-5590; Vascular Surgery referrals phone: 617-636-8094 Fax #: 617-636-6410
Surgical treatment of acquired heart disease, aortic aneurysm and dissection surgery, surgical repair of valvular heart disease, minimally invasive surgery, arrhythmia surgery, heart transplantation, circulatory assist devices
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