Patients and their families describe, in their own words, life before and after treatment with Dr. Ravinder Singh Rao.
These videos were first published on Dr. Rao’s YouTube channel. Each person’s condition and recovery is different, and individual results vary.
Mr. Noman Rais, 68, Mumbai
TAVI. Before treatment: short of breath on walking, and sleep had become difficult.
Mrs. Nirmala, 66, Bhopal
TAVI. Before treatment: short of breath on exertion, with chest heaviness.
Mr. Deen Dayal Pareek, 72, Jaipur
TAVI. Before treatment: short of breath on exertion for several months.
Mrs. B Vijayalaxmi, 71, Raipur
TAVI. Before treatment: chest heaviness, breathlessness and weakness.
Mrs. Prabhavati Prakash Balang, 73, Mumbai
TAVI. Before treatment: chest heaviness and breathlessness on walking.
Mrs. Rekha Utreja, 58, Delhi
TAVI. Before treatment: severe breathlessness on walking and exertion.
Mrs. Draupadi Kedia, 77, Kolkata
TAVI with angioplasty. Before treatment: chest heaviness and breathlessness on exertion.
Mr. Atmaram Bathe, 73, Akola
TAVI. Before treatment: short of breath on walking for about a year.
Mr. Jagdish Lal, 69, Jhunjhunu
PVL closure. Before treatment: breathless on walking, with swollen feet.
Mr. Ram Singh, 73, Bharatpur
TMVR. Before treatment: chest heaviness and shortness of breath.
A 65-year-old patient from Karachi, Pakistan
MitraClip. Before treatment: travelled to India for treatment.
Mr. Narender Singh, 88
Complex coronary angioplasty. Before treatment: chest heaviness and breathlessness.