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2. Aortic valve replacement - Wikipedia

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   The aortic valve is opened during systole, the driving force for it to open is the difference in pressure between the contracting left ventricle of the heart and the aorta. During cardiac diastole (when the heart chamber gets bigger) the aortic valve closes. [5] Aortic stenosis most commonly is the result of calcification of the cusps.

3. How many lucky breaks do you get when your aorta is about to ...

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   During the 13 hours, the aortic surgery team moved through a series of procedures to stop the bleeding, repair and reconnect the torn aorta, and try to ensure it would stay intact by wrapping a ...

4. Open aortic surgery - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the advent of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), OAS was the only surgical treatment available for aortic aneurysms. The shift away from open aortic surgery towards endovascular surgery since 2003 has been driven by worse perioperative mortality associated with OAS, particularly in patients in relatively frail health. [2]

5. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, encompasses various aspects of cardiac surgical procedures (aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, coronary artery bypass surgery, ascending aorta or aortic root surgery) that can be performed with minimally invasive approach either via mini-thoracotomy or mini-sternotomy.

6. National probe into deaths of NHS heart patients as scale of ...

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   Ambulances are transferring just 31 per cent of patients between hospitals for life-saving heart attack surgery in the target time. ... your heart by replacing an aortic valve that doesn’t open ...

7. Bentall procedure - Wikipedia

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   The Bentall procedure is a type of cardiac surgery involving composite graft replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root, and ascending aorta, with re-implantation of the coronary arteries into the graft. This operation is used to treat combined disease of the aortic valve and ascending aorta, including lesions associated with Marfan syndrome.