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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2014; 02(01): 1-9
DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2014.14-005
PRO-CON Debate
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Can the Results of Aortic Valve Repair Equal the Results of a Biologic Aortic Valve Replacement?

Mohamad Bashir
1   Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Aung Oo
1   Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Ruggero De Paulis
2   Cardiac Surgery Department, European Hospital-Rome, Rome, Italy
,
Michael A. Borger
3   Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
,
Gebrine El Khoury
4   St-Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
,
Joseph Bavaria
5   Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
,
John A. Elefteraides
6   Aortic Institute of Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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01 February 2014

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24 September 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) has been the default procedure for the surgical management of aortic valve disease, with repair techniques heterogeneously and infrequently used. However, surgical aortic valve repair has evolved with improved techniques. Yet many questions remain regarding the ideal techniques and real-world applicability and effectiveness of valve repair. The AORTA Great Debate highlighted and discussed the controversies regarding the surgical management of aortic valve disease.

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Aortic valve replacement - Aortic valve repair - Aortic valve - Aortic valve surgery
 

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