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Less Invasive Option For Valve procedure in which the patient’s chest was opened in order Dr. Drake is now

Disease Treatment Offers to access the heart. accepting new patients at
In recent years, the transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Cleveland Clinic Family
Benefit With Fewer Risks (TAVR) procedure has revolutionized treatment for aortic Health Center, Stuart,
stenosis. It is minimally invasive, allowing the surgeon to
located at 3801 S. Kanner
Aortic valve stenosis is one of the most common and replace the valve through a catheter placed in the femoral Highway. Patients may call
serious conditions affecting the heart’s valves. It is a artery, which runs up the thigh, through the abdomen and (772) 419-3301 to request
narrowing of the aortic valve opening, which is the passage to the heart. an appointment, or they
for oxygen-rich blood to leave the heart and go out into the A multitude of studies have shown TAVR to be a safe may also do so online at
body. When the valve opening is narrowed, the flow of this and effective alternative to traditional valve replacement, martinhealth.org/obgyn.
blood is blocked or reduced. offering patients minimal risk and discomfort, a shorter Drake’s special interests
This condition is most common in people 65 or older, hospital stay (usually only one or two days versus five include normal and high-
severely affecting nearly 500,000 people in the United to seven days with the open procedure), and a prompt risk pregnancies, robotic
States each year. It can cause shortness of breath, chest recovery. surgery, management of
pain, congestive heart failure and, ultimately, death if left “Aortic stenosis is a condition that offers a malignant endometriosis, minimally invasive gynecology and pelvic
untreated. course. As with open heart surgery, this procedure cures organ prolapse, and pelvic floor repair. Drake completed
A Revolutionary Approach To Treatment the condition,” says Brett Beecher, M.D., a cardiothoracic medical school at Kentucky College of Osteopathic
Replacing the diseased valve is the standard treatment surgeon at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health’s Frances Medicine. He completed the Obstetrics and Gynecology
for most patients with aortic stenosis. Until recently, Langford Heart Center. “Many centers offer TAVR, but Residency Program at the Charleston Area Medical Center
however, the replacement had to be done through a surgical our team has tremendous expertise and experience in this and West Virginia University.
type of treatment.” Prior to joining Martin Health, Drake practiced as
To learn more about heart and vascular services at a physician, chairman of the department of OB/GYN
Senior Cleveland Clinic Martin Health’s Frances Langford Heart Quality Review Committee and the director of citizenship
Center, visit martinhealth.org/heart or call (844) 630-4968.
and professionalism at Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Obstetrics And Gynecology in Ohio.
About Cleveland Clinic Martin Health
MatterS Specialist George Lee Drake Clinic Florida region. It features three hospitals with
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health is part of the Cleveland
III, D.O., Joins Cleveland 521 total beds, a free-standing emergency center, and
numerous outpatient centers and clinics across Martin
Not Just For Seniors Clinic Martin Health and St. Lucie counties on Florida’s east coast. Cleveland

Three Ways To (Almost) Instantly Improve Cleveland Clinic Martin Health welcomes board- Clinic Martin Health offers preventive, primary and acute
hospital care, as well as cancer care, a heart center,
Your Mood certified obstetrician and gynecologist George Lee Drake wellness and rehabilitation services, and much more.
By Arati Hammond, III, D.O. Learn more at clevelandclinic.org/martinhealth.
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