Rolling Stones fans in Jacksonville will have to wait a little longer to see the rockers in concert.
Mick Jagger is reportedly undergoing heart valve surgery this week.
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As a result, the band postponed the North American leg of its No Filter Tour, including a stop in Jacksonville on April 24.
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Action News Jax spoke with Dr. Ruby Satpathy, interventional cardiologist and director of the structural heart program at Baptist Heart Specialists, about the procedure.
“Not long ago, open-heart surgery was the only solution for structural heart diseases,” said Dr. Satpathy. “And quite often, patients who needed these procedures were too high-risk to receive the care they needed. Now we can ‘treat the untreatable’ using these minimally invasive procedures, and our patients can start feeling better right away.”
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Baptist Health offers a minimally invasive valve replacement procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
The procedure is designed for people with severe aortic stenosis who are high risk surgical candidates.
It’s performed through the femoral artery. Dr. Satpathy has used the “magic stitch,” a catheter-based, minimally invasive technique to close the artery or vein that avoids any incision in the groin.
The approach enables the use of twilight sleep for surgery instead of general anesthesia and allows patients to walk a few hours after surgery.
TAVR patients usually experience a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery. Patients typically can return to normal activities within two to three weeks versus six weeks for open heart surgery.
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