Sponsored Roundtable Discussion: Optimizing the Surgical Approach to Aortic Valve Replacement

In a roundtable discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Vinod Thourani of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, David Heimansohn of St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Borut Gersak of the University Medical Center Ljublijana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, share their experience with the Perceval Aortic Pericardial Heart Valve by LivaNova. Joel Dunning of James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK, moderates the discussion, in which the participants highlight the reproducible surgical technique involved, improved patient outcomes, and the unique design of the Perceval valve.