Background Aortic valve disease is a common condition easily treatable with cardiac
surgery. This is conventionally performed by opening the sternum ('median sternotomy') and …

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (MIAVR) is defined as a surgical aortic valve
replacement which involves smaller chest incisions as opposed to full sternotomy. It is …

The management of aortic valve disease has benefited substantially from the introduction
and international application of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), particularly …

Background Existing management challenges in selecting transcatheter vs surgical aortic
valve replacement (SAVR) include bicuspid stenosis, low clinical risk, horizontal valve …

Background Surgical aortic valve replacement can be performed through a minimally
invasive (MI) or full sternotomy (FS) approach. The present study compared outcomes of MI …

This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to provide a comprehensive analysis of the
literature directly comparing the outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and …

Background Outcome comparisons after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with
minimally invasive approaches including mini‐sternotomy (MS) and right mini‐thoracotomy …

OBJECTIVES Full sternotomy (FS) is the common surgical access for patients undergoing
open aortic valve replacement (AVR) with concomitant supracommissural replacement of …

Aortic valve replacement has stood the test of time but is no longer an operation that is
exclusively approached through a median sternotomy using only sutured prostheses …

In recent years, minimally invasive cardiac surgery has increased in prevalence. There has
been significant debate regarding the optimal approach to isolated aortic valve replacement …