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Tommy Caranasos, MD and John Vavalle, MD performed the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the world using a suprasternal approach with the Aegis Surgical Transit system and the Medtronic Evolut-R valve this week on May 3.<\/p>\n

\"UNC<\/a>
UNC’s TAVR Team (L to R): John Vavalle, MD, Thomas Caranasos, MD, Michael Yeung, MD, Cassie Ramm, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-C<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This surgical approach, developed at UNC, avoids having to make an incision on the chest and is ideal for patients whose blood vessels are not large enough to allow for the traditional transfemoral access.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really nice approach for patients,\u201d said Dr. Vavalle, who noted that the procedure is done without any catheters or IVs into any of the blood vessels in the groin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real benefit, is that as soon as the procedure is over, the patient can get up and walk off the operating table,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really think this has some tremendous advantages for a very fast recovery,\u201d added Vavalle.<\/p>\n

Dr. Vavalle reported that this week\u2019s procedure was successfully completed in under 2 hours, with the patient up and walking around shortly afterwards and discharged home 48 hours later.<\/p>\n

The UNC Heart Valve team began its TAVR program in November 2014 and has treated approximately 50 patients in that time, and is quickly growing into one of the busiest programs in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>
\nCassie Ramm, MSN, RN, AGNP-C
\nStructural Heart Disease Nurse Practitioner
\nHeart & Vascular
\nUNC Hospitals
\n101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
\nPhone: 984-974-7821
\nFax: 984-974-7383
\ncassandra.ramm@unchealth.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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