Piedmont Medical Center – Rock Hill Among First in Region to Use Evolut™ FX+ TAVR System for Patients with Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

Piedmont Medical – Rock Hill is one of the first hospitals in the Piedmont region of South Carolina with the Evolut™ FX+ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system, a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgical aortic valve replacement. This new TAVR system, which further refines the trusted TAVR platform, is designed to facilitate coronary access for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis (ssAS).

Aortic stenosis occurs when the aortic valve leaflets become stiff and thickened and have difficulty opening and closing, making the heart work harder to pump blood to the rest of the body. The disease can impact quality of life and limits one’s ability to participate in daily activities. If left untreated, 50 percent of patients with ssAS can die from heart failure in as little as two years.

The newest iteration of the Evolut TAVR system offers larger coronary access windows through a modified diamond-shaped frame design, which is four times larger than previous iterations of the Evolut TAVR system. The Evolut FX+ system provides increased space designed for catheter maneuverability to facilitate access the coronary arteries of varying patient anatomies.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the Evolut FX+ TAVR system, providing physicians at Piedmont Medical Center – Rock Hill with another option to treat the growing ssAS patient population.