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Aortic valve replacement and repair surgeries have evolved considerably, providing efficacious treatments that extend and improve the lives of patients with aortic stenosis and regurgitation.
Aortic valve surgery has evolved significantly, offering efficacious replacement and repair options for patients with aortic valve disease.
Affirms surgical efficacy for aortic stenosis and regurgitation; leaves open optimal selection versus transcatheter options in evolving practice.
Corrective aortic valve surgery, both replacement and repair, has been a significant advancement in modern medical science. These operations have given countless patients with aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation longer and more productive lives. Starting with the aortic prosthetic valves developed by Harken and Starr and extending to the current era of mechanical, bioprosthetic, and biological valves (including homografts and autografts), aortic valve replacement surgery has evolved considerably and has proven to be efficacious (1,2). In addition, numerous reparative techniques such as commissurotomy, debridement, and prolapse reduction have been developed to, when possible, preserve the native aortic valve.
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Sepic et al. (2004) conducted a review in Aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation. Aortic valve surgery (replacement and repair) was evaluated. Aortic valve replacement and repair surgeries have evolved considerably, providing efficacious treatments that extend and improve the lives of patients with aortic stenosis and regurgitation.
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