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Why I choose to repair and not to replace the aortic valve?
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 April 6
Aortic valve replacement whether surgical or transcutaneous remains an option for the treatment of severe aortic valve disease; however, current prosthetic devices are associated with complications including, but no limited to, valve thrombosis and thromboembolic events, bleeding events associated with anticoagulation use, prosthetic valve endocarditis and structural valve deterioration. In this effect, aortic valve repair (AVr) has become an attractive alternative in circumventing these potential complications by preservation of the native aortic valve apparatus. In this article, we attempt to present the progress made for AVr over the last two decades. We also wish to highlight the critical steps for successful AVr and the outcome data that demonstrate that can be first-choice treatment in selected patients and finally to emphasize on the key steps for further future development.
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