Facts foundation – a non-profit organization of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, committed to newer research, innovation, education, and training; in association with apollo hospitals, Hyderabad; hosted a one-day interactive workshop ‘Tavi saves lives – Tavi for life’ at the park hotel, today. The workshop was inaugurated by cardiac valve disease patients, two of whom were aged 90 years each and an 80-year-old, all of whom are leading an everyday life after being treated with trans aortic valve implantation (Tavi). Tavi is a great new advancement in the therapy for needy elderly patients who are suffering from calcific aortic valve disease.
As part of the collaboration between Columbia University Medical Center, USA, and Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad; Dr. Susheel Kodali and Dr. A. Sreenivas Kumar; treated over one hundred patients with TAVI, during the last four years. Even the tough covid times didn’t deter them and they successfully saved several critical patients and ensured a better quality of life.
On this occasion Dr. Susheel Kodali said that Owing to increasing life expectancy, we are likely to see more and more patients with aortic stenosis and other degenerative valve conditions over the years to come. All these patients will immensely benefit from the patient-friendly and minimally risky TAVI, TAVI has revolutionized how we treat aortic stenosis, its increasingly gaining acceptance in India.
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Dr. A. Sreenivas Kumar However, the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement procedure, needs high expertise. Only cardiologists trained and proficient in it with experienced medical and para-medical support and state-of-the-art technology can produce good outcomes from TAVI.
Over two hundred cardiologists attended the Workshop from across Telugu states and over one thousand others through online live streaming. The faculty comprised of Dr. Susheel Kodali, Senior Cardiologist, Director – The Structural Heart & Valve Center at New York, Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center, USA; Dr. A. Sreenivas Kumar, Sr Consultant & Director, Interventional Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals; Dr. M. Gokul Reddy, Sr Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals; Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals and Dr. Ramakrishna J., Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals; empowered the delegates with the finer techniques of TAVI procedure, the convenience it brings to the treating cardiologist and the enormous benefits to the patient.
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