- Plan: PT and OT identified a gap in consults and need for specific education targeted at a new surgeries population (tAVR); Structural Heart division of CV institute identified an increase LOS and decreased activity of their patients in the hospital. In October 2014 planning began to introduce a SHD tAVR pathway that would include post procedure day number 0 nursing requirements and training, post procedure day number 1-3 PT and OT assessment and interventions.