336 - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or TAVR (Dr. Richard Kettelkamp & Katie Maybanks, ACNP)
Wed Jan 28 2026
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St. Luke’s introduced TAVR – catheter-based replacement of the aortic valve – to Cedar Rapids, performing the area’s first procedure in 2016. Since then, the heart team has performed nearly 800 TAVRs. Joining the podcast to talk about the procedure are Dr. Richard Kettelkamp and Katie Maybanks, ACNP, from St. Luke’s structural cardiology team.
To learn more about heart care services at St. Luke’s, Cedar Rapids’ Heart Hospital, visit unitypoint.org/cr-heart.
Do you have a question about a trending medical topic? Ask Dr. Arnold! Submit your question and it may be answered by Dr. Arnold on the podcast!
Submit your questions at: https://www.unitypoint.org/cedarrapids/submit-a-question-for-the-mailbag.aspx
If you have a topic you'd like Dr. Arnold to discuss with a guest on the podcast, shoot us an email at stlukescr@unitypoint.org.
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Send us a text St. Luke’s introduced TAVR – catheter-based replacement of the aortic valve – to Cedar Rapids, performing the area’s first procedure in 2016. Since then, the heart team has performed nearly 800 TAVRs. Joining the podcast to talk about the procedure are Dr. Richard Kettelkamp and Katie Maybanks, ACNP, from St. Luke’s structural cardiology team. To learn more about heart care services at St. Luke’s, Cedar Rapids’ Heart Hospital, visit unitypoint.org/cr-heart. Do you have a question about a trending medical topic? Ask Dr. Arnold! Submit your question and it may be answered by Dr. Arnold on the podcast! Submit your questions at: https://www.unitypoint.org/cedarrapids/submit-a-question-for-the-mailbag.aspx If you have a topic you'd like Dr. Arnold to discuss with a guest on the podcast, shoot us an email at stlukescr@unitypoint.org.