**For the second time in Kashan:
Aortic Valve Replacement Without Open-Heart Surgery via Angiography by Dr. Amir Masoud Jafari at Yasrebi Subspecialty Hospital**
*(The first valve replacement procedure by Dr. Jafari was performed about a month and a half ago at the same hospital.)*

Dr. Amir Masoud Jafari, a cardiologist and subspecialist in balloon angioplasty with a fellowship in endovascular and advanced interventional cardiology, announced the successful completion of a TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) procedure.

The operation was performed on a 72-year-old patient suffering from severe aortic valve stenosis. It was conducted via angiography, without open-heart surgery, in under one hour and without general anesthesia. The most advanced aortic valve model, **SAPIEN 3**, was used in the procedure.

The patient no longer needs open-heart surgery and was discharged from the hospital just one day later in stable condition.

This procedure had previously only been performed in Tehran and a limited number of major provincial centers. Kashan is now the first non-capital city in which such an advanced procedure has been successfully carried out.

**Advantages of TAVI surgery:**

* No need for open-heart surgery
* No need for general anesthesia
* 24-hour recovery period
* Suitable for elderly patients or those at high surgical risk
* Reduced risk of complications such as infection or severe bleeding