Overview
- Sharman Joshi said on Instagram that Dr. Ravinder Singh Rao performed the transcatheter aortic valve implantation and Dr. Nitin Gokhale provided guidance.
- Joshi reported a smooth procedure, no complications and a quick recovery, with Chopra now home and feeling much better.
- The diagnosis was severe aortic stenosis, a valve-narrowing condition often treated in older patients with the less invasive TAVI instead of open-heart surgery.
- Chopra had been admitted to Lilavati Hospital in November for chest congestion and a viral/lung infection and was discharged on November 15, with doctors noting he was not critical.
- Photos shared from the hospital showed Chopra with his medical team, and veteran actor Jeetendra appeared to have visited.