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Structural Heart Disease

Structural heart disease includes conditions that affect the heart’s valves or chambers,
impacting its ability to pump blood efficiently. Some individuals are born with congenital
heart defects, which are present at birth, while others develop structural heart issues later
in life due to aging, illness, or infection.

Common Structural Heart Conditions:

• Aortic valve disease
• Congenital defects (e.g., patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defect)
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Mitral valve disease
• Tricuspid and pulmonic valve disease

Structural Procedures:

• TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) – A minimally invasive procedure to replace a narrowed aortic valve without open-heart surgery.
• Mitral TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair) – A catheter-based procedure to repair a leaking mitral valve using a clip or other device.
• LAAC (Left Atrial Appendage Closure) – A procedure to seal off the left atrial appendage, reducing stroke risk in atrial fibrillation patients.
• ASD/PFO Closure (Atrial Septal Defect/Patent Foramen Ovale Closure) – A catheter-based technique to close abnormal openings in the atrial septum.
• TMVR (Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement) – A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased mitral valve via catheterization.
• Alcohol Septal Ablation – A procedure that injects alcohol into a small heart artery to shrink thickened heart muscle in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Minimally Invasive Treatment Benefits:

Traditionally, structural heart diseases required open-heart surgery, but advanced,
less-invasive procedures now offer effective alternatives with several benefits:

• Reduced procedure times
• Shorter hospitalization
• Small incisions with minimal scarring
• Quicker recovery
• Less blood loss
• Fewer complications
• Decreased pain

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