PATIALA, July 11 -- A six-year clinical analysis by Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor, one of country leading interventional specialists in TAVR has found a sharp and accelerating rise in the number of patients under 60-and particularly under 50-seeking Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for a narrowed aortic valve, even though international treatment guidelines generally reserve the procedure for older and higher-surgical-risk patients.
The study by Dr. Kapoor, who hails from Patiala, examined 305 patients who presented with severe aortic valve stenosis and were evaluated for aortic valve replacement between 2020 and March 2026.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Dr. Kapoo...