Aortic valve replacement
Replacement of a failing aortic valve with an artificial one / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aortic valve replacement is a cardiac surgery procedure whereby a failing aortic valve is replaced with an artificial heart valve. The aortic valve may need to be replaced because of aortic regurgitation (back flow), or if the valve is narrowed by stenosis.
Current methods for aortic valve replacement include open-heart surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS), surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and percutaneous or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR; also PAVR, PAVI, TAVI).
A cardiologist can evaluate whether a heart valve repair or valve replacement would be of benefit.[1]