Jun 1, 2020
A Wyoming First: Wyoming Medical Center performs state's first TAVR case
Larry Bentley, 77, of Thermpolis was diagnosed with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis (AVS), a potentially fatal disease if left untreated. For Wyoming patients, treatment of AVS used to mean one of two options: Open-heart surgery or traveling hundreds of miles out of state for a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR. Not anymore. On March 5, Larry was the first patient to undergo TAVR in a Wyoming hospital. Wyoming Medical Center is the state’s first and only hospital to offer the life-saving procedure. More »