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Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet Performs One of the World’s First complex TAVR-in-TAVR-in-SAVR Procedure with effective Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture and Dual Cerebral Protection for a man aged 78 years Chennai, 22 January 2026: Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet has successfully performed a highly complex and rare TAVR-in-TAVR-in-SAVR procedure with bioprosthetic valve fracture on a 78-year-old patient, marking one of the first such procedures in the world. The advanced transcatheter intervention was undertaken to treat a repeatedly failing heart valve in a patient with a long and challenging history of aortic valve disease. The patient was first diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, a condition where the heart’s main valve narrows and restricts blood flow to the body. In 2005, he underwent open...