Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement – “Beyond the Procedure”

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a rapidly proliferating technology with the potential to become the dominant treatment strategy for aortic valve stenosis in patients not only for excessive or high operative risks but also intermediate risk patients. A systematic description of transcatheter heart valve failure has not been analyzed. In the coming days, we shall be seeing more and more TAVR patients who shall have unique challenges in their post-procedural care. And many a times, the procedure itself would have been the easiest part of their TAVR journey. Post TAVR care needs to be a continuous and concerted team effort involving patient and care giver.