title: Can the Results of Aortic Valve Repair Equal the Results of a Biologic Aortic Valve Replacement?
abstract: Aortic valve replacement (AVR) has been the default procedure for the surgical management of aortic valve disease, with repair techniques heterogeneously and infrequently used. However, surgical aortic valve repair has evolved with improved techniques. Yet many questions remain regarding the ideal techniques and real-world applicability and effectiveness of valve repair. The AORTA Great Debate highlighted and discussed the controversies regarding the surgical management of aortic valve disease.
authors.affiliation: Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom;
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.affiliation: Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom;
authors.forename: Aung
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oo
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, European Hospital-Rome, Rome, Italy;
authors.forename: Ruggero
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Paulis
authors.affiliation: Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany;
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Borger
authors.affiliation: St-Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium;
authors.forename: Gebrine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: El Khoury
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bavaria
authors.affiliation: Aortic Institute of Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Elefteraides
keywords: Aortic valve; Aortic valve repair; Aortic valve replacement; Aortic valve surgery