Successful implantation of aortic valve without surgery for the first time in Libya

The Libya Observer
Mar 13, 2023

Successful implantation of aortic valve without surgery for the first time in Libya


The Ministry of Health said that a team of doctors in Al-Khadra General Hospital had succeeded in implanting an aortic valve for a patient using “TAVI” procedure, which is considered a world modern technology.

The director of the hospital, Mohammed Al-Rajehi, said that this type of procedure is being conducted for the first time in the public sector in Libya, and it is considered one of the advanced medical techniques that are used to perform the operation of changing, amending, or replacing the damaged or narrowed aortic valve through cardiac catheterization without any surgery.