BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is reportedly scheduled to undergo minimally invasive heart valve surgery this week.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has experts available to discuss heart valve procedures, how far technology has advanced and outcomes related to minimally invasive procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR.)
James Davies, M.D., is the director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UAB and holds the John. W. Kirklin Endowed Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He has an active clinical practice with specific interest in cardiac valvular disease. Along with UAB cardiologists, he started the transcatheter aortic valve program, which has performed more TAVR procedures than any other center in the state. Davies performs more than 100 open aortic valve replacements annually. Through this volume of procedures, Davies has a very good understanding of the disease process and the surgical treatment of vascular heart disease.
Sara J. Pereira, M.D., specializes in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery and enjoys re-operative surgery, aortic surgery and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. She teaches residents and has been pivotal in advancing the thoracic residency program at UAB. Her research interests include quality improvement and clinical outcomes in adult cardiac surgery.
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