title: [Conservative aortic valve surgery].
abstract: Conservative aortic valve surgery is an attractive approach for the correction of the aortic insufficiency and the dilation of the aortic root. Despite being a surgery made in a minority of the patients it's receiving increased attention in the last decade because it can minimize the complications and risks that are inherent to the use of a mechanic or biologic valve. In the following article we propose ourselves to review the actual state of knowledge regarding conservative aortic valve surgery and the path that this type of surgical procedure must have in order to become the gold standard approach for the surgical correction of the aortic insufficiency or dilation of aortic root.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiologia e Cirurgia Cardiotorácica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto e Serviço de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica do Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vasco
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leite-Moreira
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans