Transcatheter technologies triggered the recent revision of the guidelines that progressively
widened the indications for the treatment of aortic stenosis. On the surgical realm, a …

Surgical aortic valve replacement with a stented prosthesis has been the standard of care
procedure for aortic stenosis. The Perceval (LivaNova, London, United Kingdom) is a …

Background: Surgical aortic valve replacement using conventional biological valves (CBVs)
is the standard of care for treatment of old patients with aortic valve disease. Recently, rapid …

Background Because our center participated in the first-in-human trial with Perceval
(LivaNova, Sallugia, Italy) in 2007, this series represents the longest available clinical follow …

OBJECTIVES Prolonged aortic cross-clamp (XCT) and cardiopulmonary bypass time
(CPBT) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery. The …

Background Significant underexpansion or distortion of valved stents may be associated
with altered leaflet function, leading to increased transprosthetic gradients and, possibly …

Objective To report the early and mid-term results of patients who underwent minimally
invasive aortic valve replacement (MI-AVR) with a sutureless prosthesis from an …

Objectives This study sought to compare patient characteristics, procedural outcomes, and
valve hemodynamics of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with current-generation …

The treatment options for patients with aortic valve disease have considerably expanded
over the last decade. The remarkable advances in catheter-based technology, the …

Conventional surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the 'gold standard'for treatment of
severe or symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. The increasing age of patients and increasing …