Aortic valve repair
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Aortic valve repair is a surgical procedure used to correct some aortic valve disorders. It is an alternative to aortic valve replacement. Aortic valve repair is performed less often and is more technically difficult than mitral valve repair. There are two surgical techniques tor repair an aortic valve:
- The Remodeling Technique, established by Sir Magdi Yacoub and
- The Reimplantation Technique, established by Tirone David.
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