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Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
Salenger Rawn,
Gammie James S.,
Collins Julia A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12652
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic valve replacement , cardiology , valve replacement , aortic valve , surgery , stenosis
With the advent of transcatheter aortic valve replacement and the emergence of rapid deployment aortic valves, there is a resurgent interest in minimizing the trauma of surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR). The present review summarizes the history of minimal access AVR and attempts to collate the existing evidence regarding minimal access AVR. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12652 (J Card Surg 2016;31:38–50)