percutaneous aortic valve replacement , PAVR (Abkürzung)
transcatheter aortic valve implantation , TAVI (Abkürzung)

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement implants the valve using a catheter, without open heart surgery.

A catheter-based approach (percutaneous aortic valve replacement or PAVR) may eliminate the need for open heart surgery in select groups of patients.

In addition to coronary interventions, Dr. Sharma specializes in the non-surgical treatment of mitral and aortic stenosis and percutaneous aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

AAC is also sometimes chosen by surgeons and cardiologists over other treatments, such as AVR and percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR or TAVI), to treat critical AS.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI)

However, TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) has emerged as a valid alternative for patients in whom conventional surgical techniques are considered too invasive and risky.

For the manufacture of "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation" devices which are used in progressively larger numbers of selected patients, especially in Europe.