Tag: "tavr"

Update On St. Louis’ First Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Patient

bjh_blog | June 13, 2012 | Comments (0)

We are in the final stages of putting together our annual report to the community and one of the stories from the publication we wanted to share early is an update on TAVR patient #1, Mary Ann Cahalin of Florissant. “My wife is famous.” That’s what Cahalin’s husband would share with friends and even some strangers after [...]

First Transcather Aortic Valve Patient — Four Years Later

bjh_blog | February 13, 2012 | Comments (0)

Florissant native Mary Ann Cahalin was back at Barnes-Jewish Hospital today for her four year checkup, looking good and feeling great. On January 17, 2008, Cahalin became the first patient in the region to recieve a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the PARTNER trial. In the procedure, Washington University physicians replace aortic valves without opening a patient’s [...]