OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Physicians at OU Health have successfully performed a rare and technically complex heart procedure that placed two artificial pulmonary valves at the same time.
Experts say the procedure used a minimally invasive catheter-based approach where surgeons implanted the valves in the right and left branch pulmonary arteries, which avoided the need for open heart surgery.
The procedure was performed on a man in his 50s with advanced heart failure and multiple serious health conditions like renal failure, diabetes, and obesity. His condition made conventional surgery and the standard transcatheter valve replacement too risky…