India’s First Ever Non-Surgical Heart Valve Replacement Through Arm Artery: TAVI

Introduction: India has reached a major milestone in cardiology with its first ever percutaneous Trans-Axillary TAVI procedure, successfully replacing a heart valve without open-heart surgery and without even accessing the femoral artery. This cutting-edge, minimally invasive procedure was performed by a team of cardiologists using the trans-axillary route — via the patient’s arm — marking a new era in high-risk cardiac patient care in the country. In this blog, we explore : What is TAVI? What makes the Trans-Axillary approach revolutionary? T…