Local doctor is first to utilize new heart valve procedure
Nov. 12
A life-changing treatment is coming for thousands of heart patients across the country. Dr. Paul Sorajja, an interventional cardiologist at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, received FDA approval for a device that can replace damaged heart valves in patients who were previously considered too sick for surgery.
It’s a gamechanger for thousands of heart patients who were previously told nothing could be done for their condition.
Dr. Sorajja is the first doctor in the world to use a specialized mitral device, Tendyne, to treat a patient with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC), a condition where dangerous calcium buildup around the heart valve makes traditional surgery life-threatening.
Dr. Sorajja joined “Arizona Horizon” to talk more about this new procedure.
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