Many young adults require heart valve replacements. Current options for valve replacement
in adults include mechanical valves, bioprosthetic valves, or the Ross procedure. Of these …

OBJECTIVES While current data show a clear trend towards the use of bioprosthetic valves
during aortic valve replacement (AVR), durability of bioprosthetic valves remains the most …

Background: During the past decade, the Perimount Magna Ease (PME) bioprosthesis has
been implanted worldwide for aortic valve replacement (AVR). Recently, the INSPIRIS …

Aortic stenosis (AS) has been established as the most prevalent kind of valvular heart
disease and its classic manifestations are Angina pectoris, Heart failure and Syncope …

Background Prior economic analyses demonstrate that legacy tissue valves are associated
with substantial financial savings over the long run after a surgical aortic valve replacement …

Background Prolonged mechanical durability and hemodynamic characteristics after
durability tests of surgical valves need to be studied. Inspiris RESILIA (Edwards …

Aortic valve replacement is one of the most common surgical procedures in cardiac surgery.
A wide range of different devices are currently available, and new models are constantly …

Background Conventional stented, rapid deployment and new-generation stented valves
are now available for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). New-generation devices …

Owing to the positive outcomes observed with the use of bioprosthetic valves (BPVs), 1
aortic valve replacement (AVR) has evolved tremendously in recent years, resulting from a …

ABSTRACT Background: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a cyanotic congenital heart disease that
often requires right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) replacement in infancy. Shortage of …