Media: TAVR With Dr. Aravind Rao

Severe aortic stenosis is a serious heart valve disease that restricts normal blood flow to the entire body. When you have aortic stenosis, your heart valves are not able to fully open and close.  As a result and your lungs, brain and body don’t get the oxygen-rich blood they need to function. Dr. Aravind Rao with CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas explains Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, commonly known as TAVR,  a procedure to correct the problem.