Indications for aortic replacement

Indications for Mitral Valve Replacement?

Now that it is possible to treat mitral 'valve disease by valve replacement as well as by commissurotomy, and now that it is relatively simple to have either method readily available, it is most important to know which valves should be replaced and which can be safely treated by valvotomy. When the surgeon palpates the valve at operation he may feel stenosis, regurgitation, calcification, or an...

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Review Article

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a novel therapeutic intervention for the replacement of severely stenotic aortic valves in high-risk patients for standard surgical procedures. Since the initial PARTNER trial results, use of TAVR has been on the rise each year. New delivery methods and different valves have been developed and modified in order to promote the minimally invasive p...

Indications for transcatheter aortic valve replacement based on the PARTNER trial.

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common valve disease, and a considerable increase in its incidence is foreseen for the coming decades because of the progressive aging of the population. Aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery has been associated with a substantial improvement in the survival, functional capacity, and quality of life of patients with symptomatic AS and, at the present time, is t...

Aortic Valve replacement with Reduction Aortoplasty with Mesh Prosthesis in 75 years old with Sever aortic Regurgitation with Aortic Aneurysm

Although classic and standard procedure for patients with ascending Aorta aneurysm with Sever aortic Regurgitation is Bentall surgery but in some selected cases this complex surgery was not performed with different reason like advanced age and coexisting comorbidity involving renal and hepatic and lung Function. In our cases 75 years old man with chronic renal failure ( Cr= 3.2 ) who was known ...

Aortic Valve Replacement for Calcified Aortic Valves