In this episode:

• GPs need to auscultate every patient’s chest and investigate murmurs with an ECHO – only a minority of patients with treatable AS are being detected
• Severe AS has a very significant impact on quality of life and a very high mortality rate, but even moderate AS has a significant impact
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has revolutionised treatment of AS
• There has been a recent update in intermediate risk private reimbursement that will make this procedure available to many more patients

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

Total time: 32 mins

Guest: Dr Yohan Chacko, Interventional Cardiologist

Recommended resources:

• Heart Valve Disease, Edwards

This Healthed educational segment is supported by Edwards Lifesciences. The views expressed by the experts are entirely their own.