Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement TAVR is Affordable at Mexico’s Clinics of the Heart
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement TAVR (or TAVI) is Affordable at Mexico’s Clinics of the Heart
The Heart
The heart is a muscular organ that’s located in our chest between our lungs. The heart is designed to pump blood through our bodies. The right side of the heart pumps blood through the lungs, where the blood is oxygenized; the left side of the heart receives this blood and pumps it to the rest of the body.
The heart is divided into four main areas or chambers – two upper chambers called the left and right atrium, and two lower chambers called the left and right ventricle. There are four valves that control the flow of blood through the heart. They are called the aortic, mitral, pulmonary and tricuspid and have flaps of tissue called leaflets. [...]