{"id":2649,"date":"2022-10-07T19:16:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/?page_id=2649"},"modified":"2023-09-27T18:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:41:37","slug":"tavr-patient-advocacy-minorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/tavr-patient-advocacy-minorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Advocacy: Darian Rises Above Aortic Stenosis &#038; Medical Disparity Thanks to Medtronic TAVR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aortic stenosis is a life-threatening disease that is under-diagnosed and under-treated. In fact, the survival rate is just 50% at two years for patients diagnosed with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. To make matters worse, only 9% of patients that receive non-invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are minorities according to <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3TpJTvm\">this research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How is <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2CEMnTL\">Medtronic<\/a>, a leading manufacturer of TAVR devices, taking steps to treat more aortic stenosis patients like Mrs. Darian Tymes? Watch this video to find out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FWZrhuf7MYo?rel=0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key Learnings from Darian\u2019s TAVR Success Story<\/h2>\n<p>Here are important insights from Darian\u2019s journey to a healthy heart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>United States studies show that black patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis are not treated at the same rate as white patients undergoing TAVR.<\/li>\n<li>Mrs. Darian Tymes is an active and independent 80-year-old aortic stenosis patient who became extremely symptomatic with shortness of breath and fatigue. Darian stated, \u201cIf I walked from here to the other side of the room, I\u2019d get tired. I\u2019d get out of breath.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>To explore treatment options, Darian was referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EXwplN\">Dr. Mustafa Ahmed<\/a>, an interventional cardiologist at UAB Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama, who specializes in TAVR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2666 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/..\/Images\/dr-mustafa-ahmed-tavr.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Mustafa Ahmed\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/>Dr. Mustafa Ahmed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Darian previously had open-chest, surgical aortic valve replacement. She did not want to go through another open-heart surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ahmed explained the benefits of the TAVR procedure to Darian. \u201cThere is no long recovery period,\u201d stated Dr. Ahmed. \u201cWe expect people to have the procedure. Go home. And, get on with their lives very quickly.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EX2Ocl\">Medtronic Evolut TAVR<\/a> was used by Dr. Ahmed given its optimized hemodynamics (blood flow), its safety, and its ability to be positioned very accurately. Dr. Ahmed stated, \u201cThe Evolut system, which we used in Mrs. Tymes, allowed us to do a complex valve-in-valve procedure with the most minimal of fuss in a very controlled environment.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUf8MojU5xs?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nMedtronic Evolut TAVR<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Darian no longer experiences symptoms and has a restored quality-of-life. \u201cI can walk. I can dance. I can cook, drive basically do anything I want to do,\u201d Darian stated.<\/li>\n<li>Only 9% of aortic stenosis patients that get TAVR are minorities. (Alkhouli, JACC Intv. 5\/2019)<\/li>\n<li>Medtronic is sparking change by leading healthcare inequity initiatives by bringing physicians and local leaders together in working groups &#8211; across communities &#8211; to treat more aortic stenosis patients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Many Thanks to Darian, Dr. Ahmed and Medtronic!<\/h2>\n<p>Many thanks to Darian and Dr. Ahmed for sharing their wonderful story with our community!<\/p>\n<p>A special thanks goes out to Medtronic for their commitment to removing barriers that prevent patients from life-saving procedures for aortic stenosis. We are so appreciative of Medtronic&#8217;s dedication to advancing valvular therapy and Medtronic&#8217;s initiatives to expand treatment for minorities.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VHPQFl\">MyInteractiveASJourney.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on tickin&#8217; Darian!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n<p>P.S. For the deaf and hard of hearing members of our community, I have provided a written transcript of Darian&#8217;s TAVR success story below.<\/p>\n<p>References:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3TpJTvm\">&#8211; Racial Disparities in the Utilization and Outcomes of TAVR: TVT Registry Report, National Library of Medicine, 2019<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VHz7lo\">&#8211; Aortic Stenosis: Then &amp; Now, American Heart Association Journals, 2018<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3gqlVkY\">&#8211; Building and Educating a Heart Valve Disease Network Prepared to Engage in Research, PCORI, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"cms.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"class_list":["post-2649","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-aortic-valve-replacement"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3850,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2649\/revisions\/3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}