PUBLIC NOTICE
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��here is no disputing it:
the heart is the most important
organ in the entire
human body. Simple in its
function but powerful in its
effects, the heart pumps blood
throughout the body and sustains
all other bodily systems.
Any disruption in its function
can mean the difference between
life and death.
At the forefront of cardiac
treatment is the Heart Valve
Center at NewYork-Presbyterian
Queens, which is dedicated
to evaluating and providing
new techniques for
repairing and replacing coronary
valves. One such procedure
is Transcatheter Aortic
Valve Replacement (TAVR),
a minimally invasive procedure
to replace a narrowed
aortic valve that fails to open
properly (aortic valve stenosis).
Originally TAVR was performed
in only high surgical
risk patients. However, recent
data has shown benefit
of TAVR in nearly all groups
of patients with severe aortic
stenosis, regardless of risk
or age. In 2019, researchers
found TAVR to have significantly
lower rates of death,
stroke, or hospitalization in
low- risk patients as compared
to open heart surgery.
The Heart Valve Center:
the only facility in Queens
to offer TAVR
The interventional cardiologists
and cardiac surgeons
practicing at NewYork-Presbyterian
have been and continue
to serve as principal
investigators in landmark trials
related to TAVR therapies,
including multicenter studies
for aortic and mitral valve disease.
In fact, NYP physicians
were the principal investigators
of the national clinical
trials for TAVR.
Now, under the direction
of Dr. Robert Minutello, an interventional
cardiologist with
a long history at NewYork-
Presbyterian and Weill Cornell
Medicine, and director
of the Heart Valve Center at
NYP Queens, TAVR has been
added to the many services
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available through the center.
He sees the TAVR procedure
as a major step forward in the
care for patients with aortic
stenosis, one that is now more
accessible to area residents.
“We are excited to be making
this effective and lifesaving
procedure more convenient
and accessible for patients
who live in Queens, home to
more than 2 million people.”
Aortic valve stenosis
and TAVR: a closer look
The heart has four
valves— one for each chamber
of the heart. The valves
keep blood moving through
the heart in the right direction.
When the aortic valve
narrows (stenosis), it cannot
open fully, thereby reducing
and blocking blood flow from
the heart to the rest of the
body. In turn, the heart needs
to work harder to pump blood,
leading to a weakened heart
muscle and an increased risk
of heart failure.
Using TAVR, a prosthetic
valve is delivered to the heart
with a catheter guided by a
special type of x-ray. The prosthetic
valve is carefully positioned
inside the patient’s
own valve and expanded. The
diseased portion is pushed
aside and replaced with the
new valve, which will immediately
begin to function. Patients
who undergo TAVR experience
less downtime, faster
recovery and, often, a shorter
hospital stay than those undergoing
open-heart surgery.
There is no surgical wound
beyond small puncture marks
where the surgeon inserts the
catheter.
World-class cardiac
care…closer to home
Medicine has come a long
way in the treatment of the
many conditions that can affect
the heart, making for
longer, healthier lives for
many people. NYP Queens
is able to bring TAVR and
other advanced heart treatments
directly to the Queens
community making NewYork
Presbyterian Queens the
most comprehensive heart
program in the borough.
“Innovations in cardiology
have broadened the horizons
of how we can treat patients
with valvular and structural
heart disease with minimally
invasive techniques,” says Dr.
Minutello. “The team at New-
York-Presbyterian Queens is
committed to advancing these
technologies to provide better
treatments for our patients.”
For more information about
the Heart Valve Center at New-
York-Presbyterian Queens,
please call 718-670-2485.
People with Medicare,
Mark Your Calendars!
Open enrollment is October 15th to December 7th, 2020.
During this period, you can sign up for
or switch your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
and/or Medicare Advantage Plan.
All changes are effective January 1, 2021.
For more information, call Aging Connect
at 212-244-6469
and ask for “HIICAP” or “SHIP”
This project was supported by a grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living.
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