2023年6月6日 · Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is surgery to give you a new aortic valve. It treats aortic valve disease, or problems with the “door” connecting your heart to your aorta. Your new valve will be either mechanical (made of carbon and steel) or …

2023年11月6日 · SAVR was the gold standard for aortic valve replacements before approval of transcatheter valves, according to Pereira. SAVR is a traditional, open-chest surgery where an incision is made to access the heart. The damaged valve is …

2018年3月28日 · For patients with severe aortic stenosis, treatment options may include surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). When it comes to picking the best one, Michigan Medicine cardiac surgeon G. Michael Deeb, M.D., says patients should be actively involved.

Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is a treatment option for patients diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, a tightening of the aortic valve in the heart. During the procedure, a cardiothoracic surgeon makes an incision in your chest to access the heart.

For more than 50 years, surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has been the standard treatment for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and for aortic regurgitation.

It is then up to the doctor and patient to determine whether open-chest surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is the better option, taking into consideration a wide range …

2024年12月31日 · More recently, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been used as a less invasive alternative, especially for patients deemed high-risk for surgery. This review aims to compare SAVR and TAVR by examining the efficacy, patient selection criteria, complications, and evolving guidelines.

SAVR is still the gold standard for aortic valve replacement. The most important question for current SAVR use is whether the patient will receive a bioprosthetic (eg, porcine) or a mechanical (eg, Carbomedics ATS) valve.

2021年6月9日 · Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has not been systematically studied as an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in young (age <65 years), low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS); and current guidelines recommend shared decision making.

2022年8月20日 · However, if you have aortic valve stenosis and your aortic valve does need to be replaced, your doctor can replace it either through open-heart surgery, called surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or with a procedure called a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), sometimes known as a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).