Dr. Garrison Morgan featured in Lexington Life Magazine Story about Providence Structural Heart Clinic
Dr. Morgan talking to first MitraClip implant patient one week after. She looks and feels beautiful!
The MitraClip treats mitral regurgitation with a minimally-invasive outpatient procedure
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) and Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) are the names of two different types of holes in the tissue between the heart's two upper chambers.
Sometimes a person's heart valve is simply too narrow for the heart to function properly. When this condition occurs between the left ventricle and Aorta, it is called aortic valve stenosis. When this occurs between the left atrium and the left ventricle, it is called mitral valve stenosis. Both can be treated with a minimally invasive procedure that uses a catheter-directed balloon to widen the valve opening. Often these procedures are used as a "bridge" until a person can receive surgical valve replacement or a TAVR Valve, such as women who shows signs of stenosis during pregnancy or individuals who are currently too weak or ill to have a more invasive procedure, but who are expected to improve with time if given this procedure.
A paravalvular or paraprosthetic leak is a rare complication of surgically implanted prosthetic heart valves in which the patient experiences a leak between the prosthetic valve and the cardiac tissue. This leak can be patched with a wire mesh device, applied through a minimally invasive procedure that plugs the space between the valve and the tissue. This option allows the patient to avoid repeat surgery to fix paravalvular holes that can lead to heart failure.
TAVR provides a solution for patients who are not candidates for traditional open chest surgery or who would be considered a high risk surgical patient. The procedure is performed by a catheter type device carrying the prosthetic tissue valve via the femoral artery or by other approaches. The valve is then deployed under fluoroscopy.
Videos
Mitral Regurgitation is now treatable without open heart surgery using MitraClip. Dr. Garrison Morgan explains. #DrMorganAtProv
This procedure treats #mitralregurgitation with an outpatient catheter-based procedure.
Dr. Garrison Morgan demonstrates how Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) is treated with minimally-invasive technology. #DrMorganAtProv