{"id":5121,"date":"2024-12-17T17:19:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/?page_id=5121"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:16:31","slug":"tavr-age-too-old-young","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/tavr-age-too-old-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) & Age: What Should You Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aortic valve stenosis is the most common valvular disease in older adults, according to the National Library of Medicine. By 2050… It is expected that more than eight million people over 90 will have some form of aortic valve stenosis that developed throughout their lifetime, according to Clinical Cardiology. Unfortunately, there is no known therapy to prevent aortic stenosis and the most recommended treatment is a valve replacement. Without a new valve, patients suffer from debilitating symptoms, repeated hospitalizations, heart failure, and death.<\/p>\n

For many years, the only option for aortic valve replacement was open-heart surgery, which was often considered much too risky for many older patients. The emergence of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has shifted the outlook for older patients, allowing many to have their aortic valve replaced at a much lower risk. It has also been a game-changer for younger patients in the intermediate and low-risk category, allowing them shorter hospital stays and less recovery time.<\/p>\n

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Am I Too Old for TAVR? Am I Too Young?<\/h2>\n

Patients in our community often ask us questions about age and heart valve therapy. I recently spent time with Dr. Raj Makkar<\/a>, a world-renowned interventional cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. In this video, I had a chance to ask Dr. Makkar about age and TAVR.<\/p>\n

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