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Non-invasive heart valve replacement procedure developed & taught in Vancouver, Canada

Dr. John Webb and his colleagues at Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital are making open-heart surgery a thing of the past, saving the lives of patients not viable for conventional heart surgery. Dr. Webb and his team developed the first routinely successful percutaneous heart valve replacement in 2005. Instead of the traditional valve replacement technique of open-heart surgery, Dr. Webb's procedure uses a replacement valve that can be threaded up to the heart using a special catheter inserted into the patient's artery just above the leg. It's available on a limited basis for patients with significant valve problems who would not be able to endure open-heart surgery. Until this procedure became available, there was no other option for cardiac patients who, when the aortic valve became leaky or blocked, might suffer angina and heart failure. An acknowledged world leader in percutaneous valve replacement, Dr. Webb performs five of these surgeries a week, having completed more of these procedures than any other individual worldwide. Dr. Webb used to spend one-third of his time criss-crossing the globe to teach cardiologists in person. Now, thanks to the Virtual Teaching Lab at St. Paul's Hospital, which offers real time, high definition broadcasts of surgeries, Dr. Webb and his fellow cardiologists and cardiac surgeons are able to help others save lives without ever having to leave the hospital. Dr. John Webb received the 2011 Providence Health Care Research and Mission Award for demonstrating exceptional leadership and innovation in interventional cardiology.