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Intermediate-Term Outcome of 500 Consecutive Rapid-Deployment Surgical Aortic Valve Procedures

Monday, March 25, 2019

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy273

Author(s)

Martin Andreas, Iuliana Coti, Raphael Rosenhek, Shiva Shabanian, Stephane Mahr, Keziban Uyanik-Uenal, Dominik Wiedemann, Thomas Binder, Alfred Kocher, Guenther Laufer

Andreas and colleagues report their experience of aortic valve replacement with rapid-deployment surgical aortic valves prostheses in 500 patients over seven years. The authors found a 0.8% 30-day mortality, and the valves showed excellent hemodynamic performance, durability, and safety with a median follow-up time of 12 months. Minimally invasive access was achieved in 47% of patients.