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| {{Aortic stenosis}}
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| '''Associate Editors-In-Chief:''' Claudia P. Hochberg, M.D. [mailto:chochber@bidmc.harvard.edu]; [[User:Abdarabi|Abdul-Rahman Arabi, M.D.]] [mailto:abdarabi@yahoo.com]; [[User:KeriShafer|Keri Shafer, M.D.]] [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu]; [[Priyamvada Singh|Priyamvada Singh, MBBS]] [[mailto:psingh@perfuse.org]]
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| '''Assistant Editor-In-Chief:''' [[Kristin Feeney|Kristin Feeney, B.S.]] [[mailto:kfeeney@perfuse.org]]
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| ==Overview==
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| Surgical intervention may be a necessary component of treatment. Intervention methods may include mechanical and device based therapies such as bileaflet mechanical aortic valves.
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| ==Mechanical and device based therapy==
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| Aortic stenosis requires [[aortic valve replacement]] if medical management does not successfully control symptoms.
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| According to a prospective, single-center, nonrandomized study of 25 patients, percutaneous implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis in high risk patients with aortic stenosis results in marked hemodynamic and clinical improvement when successfully completed.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Grube E, Laborde JC, Gerckens U, ''et al'' |title=Percutaneous implantation of the CoreValve self-expanding valve prosthesis in high-risk patients with aortic valve disease: the Siegburg first-in-man study |journal=Circulation |volume=114 |issue=15 |pages=1616-24 |year=2006 |pmid=17015786 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.639450}}</ref>
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| '''Bileaflet mechanical aortic valve'''
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| <googlevideo>4541951625687665949&hl=en</googlevideo>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:DiseaseState]]
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| [[Category:Signs and symptoms]]
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| [[Category:Physical Examination]]
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| [[Category:Valvular heart disease]]
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| [[Category:Cardiology]]
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| [[Category:Congenital heart disease]]
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| [[Category:Mature chapter]]
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