title: How to Do It - Implantation Technique for Newer-Generation Sutureless/Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement.
abstract: 'Sutureless' or rapid-deployment (RD) aortic valve replacement (AVR) is an emerging alternative to standard AVR in elderly high-risk surgical patients. Here, the authors describe their implantation technique for the newer-generation Edwards INTUITY-Elite® valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA), a balloon-expandable stented trileaflet bovine pericardial bioprosthesis that received CE Mark European approval in April 2014.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harefield Hospital.
authors.forename: Nikhil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prakash Patil
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harefield Hospital.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Falconieri
authors.affiliation: NIHR Cardiovascular Biological Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pepper
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harefield Hospital.
authors.forename: Toufan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bahrami
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002114:Calcinosis; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D000071062:Sutureless Surgical Procedures; D016896:Treatment Outcome