Repeat sternotomy for aortic valve replacement safe option for octogenarian patients. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 03 / 140326181917.htm ...

Beverly, MA, March 26, 2014 – Surgical aortic valve replacement generally improves patients' symptoms and prolongs survival. However, the perceived risk of surgical aortic valve replacement in ...

2.4 With the patient under general anaesthesia, access to the heart is usually made through a full- or mini‑sternotomy, or right anterior thoracotomy. Once cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia are ...

The TRANSFORM trial was designed to evaluate the safety and performance of an investigational rapid deployment aortic valve replacement system for patients with severe aortic stenosis. Presented ...

(Updated) Surgeons in France report that they have performed the first total endoscopic aortic valve replacement (TEAVR) in 2 human patients. Their paper has been published in the the Journal of ...

Almost 60% required full sternotomy, 33% required mini upper sternotomy and 8% right anterior thoracotomy. Thirty-day mortality was 0.8% and 96.4% were alive at the end of the first year post-surgery.

In order to simplify surgical implantation, a sutureless stentless prosthesis was designed. Two different prosthesis have been implanted surgically either trough a sternotomy or a mini incision ...

Transscatheter aortic valve replacement is a novel way to replace a diseased aortic valve without a median sternotomy. The first human TAVR was performed by Dr. Cribier in 2002. [ 33 ] ...

The impacts of aortic valve replacement are still big - but what has gotten smaller is the procedure. Previously patients getting a replacement valve would undergone an invasive operation involving ...

Repeat sternotomy for surgical aortic valve replacement is a safe option." The outcome of non-surgical management in elderly patients with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis is disappointing.

2.3 Sutureless aortic valve replacement (SUAVR) for aortic stenosis is an alternative to conventional surgical aortic valve replacement. The potential benefits of the procedure are that the diseased ...