This makes no sense. I can see them stenting a clogged artery but tanscatheter valve replacement is usually reserved for elderly patients that can't handle having their chest cracked and going on bypass.
At his age he should have had his chest cracked and had a mechanical valve implanted. He will need a re-op and it will be messy like Arnolds.
The Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure offers hope for heart patients with inoperable aortic stenosis (failing heart valves). TAVR valves are inserted via a catheter through the femoral artery, without requiring open heart surgery.
Physicians at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center were the first in Arizona to perform this new heart valve replacement procedure following its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Patients may be eligible for the procedure if they are not candidates for surgical valve replacement. The TAVR procedure gives hope for extending the lives of these patients with improved quality of life.
Pretty simple, they mixed up "valve" and "coronary artery".
The guy had 99% occlusion of one of his arteries, underwent emergent PCI, and had a couple stents placed.
Really cool that you do what you do though, transcatheter procedures are the way of the future