{"id":799,"date":"2021-02-11T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/?page_id=799"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:41:22","slug":"robotic-aortic-valve-replacement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/robotic-aortic-valve-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Technology: Is Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement the Newest Innovation in Cardiac Surgery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While robots have helped cardiac surgeons perform mitral valve repair surgery for over 20 years, the use of robotic technologies for aortic valve replacement surgery has been minimal.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Vinay-Badhwar-Morgantown-West%20Virginia.php\">Dr. Vinay Badhwar<\/a>, the Executive Chair of WVU Heart &amp; Vascular Institute in Morgantown, West Virginia, that is about to change.\u00a0 In his new research paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Robotic-Aortic-Valve-Replacement-Dr-Vinay-Badhwar.pdf\">&#8220;Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement&#8221;<\/a>, Dr. Badhwar reveals favorable results from the completion of 50 aortic valve replacement operations using a robot.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this exciting development in cardiac surgery, we interviewed Dr. Badhwar about his new research and the future of robotic aortic valve replacement.\u00a0 Here are the highlights from our discussion with Dr. Badhwar, who has performed successful surgery on many patients within the HeartValveSurgery.com community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNUPbfVmrbg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Given the success and enthusiasm of Dr. Badhwar specific to robotic aortic valve replacement, it appears that &#8220;rAVR&#8221; (robotic aortic valve replacement) may be the newest acronym for patients to learn among SAVR, TAVR, MVR, MVr, TMVR and TMVr.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key Learnings About Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement (rAVR)<\/h2>\n<p>In this video interview, Dr. Badhwar shared several great points that I wanted to jot down for all the patients in our community to learn from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Badhwar has performed over 5,000 cardiac procedures and more than 3,000 heart valve repair and\/or replacement operations.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Badhwar became a cardiac surgeon and specializes in heart valve therapy because this work provides Dr. Badhwar a unique opportunity to help people who are suffering from heart disease through the use of minimally-invasive techniques.\u00a0 Dr. Badhwar describes the opportunity to restore quality-of-life for his patients as &#8220;magical&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The development of Dr. Badhwar&#8217;s approach to robotic aortic valve replacement has taken years to develop and required extensive lab work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-814 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/..\/Images\/robotic-aortic-valve-surgery-platform.jpg\" alt=\"Robotic Aortic Valve Surgery Platform\" width=\"603\" height=\"399\" \/>Robotic Aortic Valve Surgery Platform<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During rAVR, there is no incision to the patient&#8217;s sternum or ribs so recovery is much faster.<\/li>\n<li>For his new research paper, Dr. Badhwar and his team completed 50 robotic aortic valve replacements. The patient outcomes for rAVR have been excellent.\u00a0 The procedures have been safe and effective.\u00a0 On average, the patient is in the hospital for three days after rAVR. Follow-up ultrasounds show the heart and heart valves to be functioning without issue and patient symptoms have returned to baseline.<\/li>\n<li>According to Dr. Badhwar, robotic aortic valve replacement provides low-risk patients a minimally-invasive alternative to transcatheter aortic valve replacement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/..\/Images\/robotic-implanted-aortic-tissue-mechanical-valves.jpg\" alt=\"Robot Implanted Aortic Valve Replacement - Tissue &amp; Mechanical\" width=\"636\" height=\"263\" \/>Robot-Implanted Tissue Valve (left) &amp; Mechanical Valve (right)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specific to valve replacement type, Dr. Badhwar has implanted both mechanical and tissue heart valve replacements during rAVR.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Badhwar believes the future of robotic aortic valve replacement is bright.\u00a0 His team has recently began using the robot for aortic valve replacement patients who also require concomitant procedures for multiple valve operations and simultaneous atrial fibrillation therapies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Are Patients Interested in Robotic Aortic Valve Surgery?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing to see that patient interest for robotic aortic valve replacement is already starting to grow.<\/p>\n<p>Upon posting Dr. Badhwar&#8217;s interview at the HeartValveSurgery.com YouTube Channel, we saw an interesting exchange among Luc and Kas about robotic aortic valve surgery. Luc, who has been diagnosed with aortic valve disease, is interested in setting up a consult with Dr. Badhwar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-807 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/..\/Images\/robotic-aortic-valve-patient-inquiry.jpg\" alt=\"Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement Patient Inquiry\" width=\"675\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Thanks to Dr. Badhwar &amp; WVU Heart &amp; Vascular Institute<\/h2>\n<p>On behalf of our patient community, we would like to extend a tremendous thank you to Dr. Badhwar for taking the time to share this exciting new research with our community.\u00a0 We would also like to thank the entire team at WVU Heart &amp; Vascular Institute (Dr. Wei, Dr. Roberts, Tony, Benjamin, Frank, Daniella, Ashley) for their patient care and their help setting up this interview.<\/p>\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Robotic-Aortic-Valve-Replacement-Dr-Vinay-Badhwar.pdf\">Download &#8220;Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement&#8221; by Dr. Vinay Badhwar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Vinay-Badhwar-Morgantown-West%20Virginia.php\">See Dr. Badhwar&#8217;s Interactive Surgeon Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/hospital\/west-virginia-university\">Explore the WVU Heart &amp; Vascular Institute&#8217;s Heart Valve Microsite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n<p>P.S. For the hearing impaired members of our community, we have provided a written transcript of our interview with Dr. Badhwar below.<\/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":[11],"class_list":["post-799","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-medical-technology"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/799","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=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3847,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/799\/revisions\/3847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}