Surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) was first developed in the 1960s. The procedure rapidly became first-line therapy for the management of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS). Concurrently, ...

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (MIAVR) is defined as a surgical aortic valve replacement which involves smaller chest incisions as opposed to full sternotomy. It is performed using ...

Aortic valve stenosis is the most prevalent heart valve disease worldwide. Although interventional treatment options have rapidly improved in recent years, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis is still ...