Aortic stenosis surgery overview

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Mohammed A. Sbeih, M.D. [2]

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Surgical intervention may be a necessary component of treatment for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Aortic valve replacement is the mainstay of treatment of symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), as it improves both the symptoms and life expectancy in aortic stenosis patients, in contrast to medical therapy alone which may improve the symptoms without prolonging life expectancy. Intervention methods may include:

  • Aortic valve replacement, mechanical and device based therapies such as bileaflet mechanical aortic valves.
  • Aortic Balloon Valvotomy, aortic valvuloplasty (aortic valve repair).

In open surgery, the surgeon makes a large cut in the sternum to reach the heart.

Minimally invasiveaortic valve surgery is done through much smaller surgical cuts than the large cuts needed for open surgery.

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