HOSPITAL HEADLINES
United Way Pacesetters In October, Boone Health hosted representatives from 29 organizations that have together raised $1,552,141 this year for Heart of Missouri United Way. Pacesetter organizations meet high standards for employee participation and donation goals. Of this year’s Pacesetters, Boone Health contributed the largest amount with $85,000. This is the 25th year in a row that Boone has hosted the Pacesetter Breakfast.
Boone Heart Surgery Team Achieves Milestone Boone Health Heart Surgery recently completed their 600th TAVR procedure at Boone Hospital. The team includes Richard Mellitt, MD, Joss Fermamdez, MD and colleagues at Missouri Heart Center, including Trung Tran, MD, Michael Brown, MD, Sudhi Tyagi, MD and Steven MacKay, DO. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive surgery to replace a narrowed aortic valve and restore blood flow from the heart to the body. This procedure presents a safer option for patients who are not good candidates for open heart surgery, including older patients, and has a shorter recovery period. Boone began performing TAVRs in January 2016 and was the first hospital in Missouri to receive TVT accreditation from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for transcatheter valve replacement and repair procedures. According to the ACC, “TAVR has become the standard of care for patients with symptomatic heart disease due to severe native calcific aortic stenosis who are judged by a Heart Team, including a cardiac surgeon, to be at intermediate or greater risk for open surgical therapy.”
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