The diseased native aortic valve is removed and the aortic annulus completely decalcified. To ensure correct positioning of the prosthesis, three guiding threads are used as reference for accurate ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the majority without the need for additional surgery two decades later.

Severe aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common degenerative heart valve disease and poses ... In elective cases, CT scan is the gold standard to evaluate access site and annulus size. However, ...

Importantly, the Medtronic CoreValve device, as well as a subcoronary anchor point at the aortic annulus, has a supra-coronary anchor point at the outflow of the device. This means the proximal ...

with direct valvular destruction and preservation of the aortic valve annulus and aortic root. Treponemal serology was reactive, with rapid plasma reagin titre of 1:128. The patient also had classic ...