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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) at Stony Brook

The Stony Brook Valve Center offers new hope for high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis in need of valve replacement surgery. Without valve replacement, studies indicate that more than half of all patients with severe aortic stenosis will not survive an average of two years. Unfortunately, many of these patients are too ill to undergo open valve replacement surgery, still considered the gold standard treatment. But now there's a new, less invasive approach — and with it, hope — even for patients with significant other medical issues. Stony Brook University Hospital is one of a select number of sites in the United States to offer the new minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or implantation (TAVI) that uses the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve. This innovative procedure delivers a replacement valve via catheter while the heart is still beating. Clinical trial data is promising: The two-year, all-cause mortality rate is 43% compared with 68% for patients treated medically. Recovery time averages from one to two weeks. Patient selection and follow-up care involve a collaborative effort between referring physicians and our valve specialists. Stony Brook's TAVR program is leading the way in the new era in heart surgery, where valve surgery can be performed without the surgery. Our multidisciplinary team of physicians includes two heart surgeons, Sandeep Gupta, MD, and Todd K. Rosengart, MD, and four cardiologists, Smadar Kort, MD, Luis Gruberg, MD, Allen Jeremias, MD, and Kathleen Stergiopoulos, MD, PhD — all with special expertise in valve disease and treating aortic stenosis. Our program is patient-focused in every aspect, from patient selection to procedure planning to treatment and postoperative care. Indeed, the care provided at the Valve Center is distinguished by our team approach, together with easy access to our valve specialists and excellent communication with referring physicians. In most cases, patients are seen at the Valve Center within one week of referral. If you are a patient with severe aortic stenosis, or if you are a physician caring for a patient with this condition who could benefit from further evaluation, please call 631-638-2101 to make an appointment, or to obtain more information about our TAVR program.