success of replacing an aortic valve by catheterization with "Saud Medical"
King Saud Medical City, represented by the Heart Health Center, continued its continuous successes in performing rare operations, when the center was finally able, through a specialized medical team, to perform the second transcatheter aortic valve replacement operation for an eighty patient.
The consultant of interventional cardiac catheterization and valves, Dr. Nayef Al-Asiri, explained that the patient was suffering from severe stenosis of the aortic valve and had kidney failure.
Al-Asiri noted The operation was successful, and it took place in an unprecedented record time, in less than 25 minutes, without the need for anesthesia and without any complications. Praise be to God, the patient is in good health and is preparing to leave within the next two days.
It is noteworthy that the rare and complex operations at the Heart Health Center are carried out by a group of national competencies Within the Heart Valves and Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Program at the Heart Health Center, which is conducted according to the highest international standards and standards.
