A minimally invasive aortic valve replacement is a surgery to replace a poorly working aortic valve with an artificial valve. The aortic valve is one of the heart’s 4 valves. The valves help blood flow through the heart’s 4 chambers and out to your body normally.

2024年6月11日 · Minimally invasive aortic valve repair. In some people with a narrowed aortic valve, a minimally invasive treatment called balloon valvuloplasty may be done to repair the valve. It uses much smaller surgical cuts than open-heart …

TAVR is minimally invasive, which means it uses smaller incisions than open-heart valve surgery. It may be an option for people who can't have heart surgery to replace the aortic valve. TAVR can help reduce chest pain, shortness of breath and other symptoms of aortic valve stenosis.

2024年2月2日 · By engaging in this course, healthcare professionals comprehensively understand minimally invasive aortic valve replacement surgery, fostering competence in patient evaluation, selection, and perioperative management.

2024年6月7日 · TAVR or TAVI is a minimally invasive procedure where a new valve is inserted without removing the old, damaged valve. The new valve is placed inside the diseased valve.

2024年6月6日 · People with severe aortic stenosis may be good candidates for a less invasive replacement called a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), also called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

2023年12月14日 · TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, is a minimally invasive procedure for severe aortic stenosis shown to have benefits for an increasing number of patients.

There are several ways to do minimally invasive aortic valve surgery. Techniques include min-thoracotomy, min-sternotomy, robot-assisted surgery, and percutaneous surgery. To perform the different procedures: Your surgeon may make a 2-inch to 3-inch (5 to 7.6 centimeters) cut in the right part of your chest near the sternum (breastbone).

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement is associated with low perioperative morbidity, mortality and a low conversion rate to full sternotomy. Long-term survival appears to be at least comparable to that reported for conventional full sternotomy.

"UCSF offers the full range of minimally invasive approaches for aortic valve repair and replacement, a mini-thoracotomy or hemi-sternotomy, each using a small 2-3" incision.