Renown performs its first TAVR procedures

The Renown Institute for Heart & Vascular Health said it has performed its first transaortic valve replacement procedures.Renown Health, which is the first hospital system to use the device in northern Nevada, said a medical team started doing the surgeries in September, and has performed a total of five so far. The TAVR procedure inserts a small artificial heart valve through an artery in the groin. The valve is threaded to the narrow valve and expanded, pushing the narrow, calcified valve