New Insights into the Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 936
Special Issue Editors
Interests: valve surgery; aortic valve replacement; biological aortic valve; mechanical aortic valve; rapid-deployment valve (RDV); transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR); endocarditis; anticoagulation strategies new oral anticoagulants (NOACs)
Interests: valve surgery; aortic valve replacement; biological aortic valve; mechanical aortic valve; rapid-deployment valve (RDV); transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR); endocarditis; anticoagulation strategies new oral anticoagulants (NOACs)
Interests: heart failure; cardiac surgery; cardiovascular surgery
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Dear Colleagues,
Patients undergoing aortic valve surgery can undergo open heart surgery with valve replacement or transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Besides the choice of the type of intervention, the most suitable aortic valve prosthesis also has to be identified. Since there has been tremendous change in the landscape of aortic valve surgery in recent decades, the choice between mechanical aortic valves and aortic bioprosthesis has shifted. Even if mechanical heart valves show superior long-term durability, lifelong anticoagulation with an elevated risk for bleeding events is mandatory. As oral anticoagulation medication is generally not necessary after the implantation of a biological heart valve prosthesis, this type of valve is limited by structural valve deterioration and its duration. Rapid-deployment valves could be considered as an alternative to conventional biological artic prosthesis as they might be easier and faster to implant via a minimally invasive surgery access site. The design of rapid-deployment valves can be compared to transcatheter aortic valves, which are mostly implanted via a femoral vessel access point. Transcatheter aortic valve procedures emerged from a procedure for patients with a very high perioperative risk and represent an alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement for selected patients. Besides the extension of treatment options for patients with an aortic valve defect, the patient collective is becoming more and more complex, driven by rising numbers of re-operations and endocarditis.
This Special Issue, entitled “New Insights into the Treatment of Aortic valve Disease”, aims to critically discuss the clinical advantages and disadvantages of current options in aortic valve surgery.
Dr. Stephen Gerfer
Dr. Kaveh Eghbalzadeh
Dr. Ilija Djordjevic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aortic stenosis
- aortic insufficiency
- endocarditis
- aortic valve surgery
- aortic root surgery
- open heart surgery
- minimally invasive heart surgery
- transcatheter–aortic valve implantation (TAVI/TAVR)
- biological valve replacement
- mechanical valve replacement
- rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement (RDV)
- oral anticoagulation
