Key result
Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery offers potential benefits for geriatric patients with aortic stenosis, though its role must be weighed against conventional surgery and transcatheter options.
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What is the role of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery compared to conventional surgery and transcatheter technology in geriatric patients with aortic stenosis?
What is the role of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery compared to conventional surgery and transcatheter technology in geriatric patients with aortic stenosis?
This review discusses the role, advantages, and disadvantages of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery compared to conventional surgery and TAVI in the geriatric population.
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May support individualized weighing of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery in select geriatric aortic stenosis patients; leaves open need for randomized comparisons versus TAVI and conventional surgery.
Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery has evolved with time and become the routine approach for aortic surgery in select surgical centers. The success of these procedures in the nonelderly has led some to embark on using minimal access techniques in the geriatric population as well. With the geriatric community often inflicted with the greatest disease burden, suffering not only from a valvular process but also cumulative comorbidities, geriatric patients may be the patients most likely to derive benefit from a minimally invasive approach. Alternative therapies for symptomatic aortic stenosis include conventional full-sternotomy aortic valve replacement in addition to transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. The role of minimal access aortic valve surgery and its impact on the progressively aging population in the face of conventional surgery and transcatheter technology is discussed.
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McClure et al. (2012) conducted a review in Aortic stenosis. Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery vs. Conventional full-sternotomy aortic valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve implantation was evaluated. Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery offers potential benefits for geriatric patients with aortic stenosis, though its role must be weighed against conventional surgery and transcatheter options.
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