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Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2018 Dec;8(6):789-798. doi: 10.21037/cdt.2018.11.01.

Aortic valve repair in adult congenital heart disease.

Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy

Evaldas Girdauskas, Johannes Petersen, Jörg Sachweh, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Christoph Sinning, Carsten Rickers, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Hermann Reichenspurner

Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiac and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
  2. German Center of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.
  3. Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
  4. Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 30740326 PMCID: PMC6331383 DOI: 10.21037/cdt.2018.11.01

Abstract

Aortic valve repair in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) went through a major development during the last two decades to become an increasingly established treatment option in experienced heart valve repair centers. This mini-review addresses valve-sparing treatment strategies in the two most common clinical entities of patients with adult congenital aortic valve disease, namely those presenting with bicuspid (BAV) and unicuspid (UAV) aortic valve disease. Both diseases are integral components of the continuum of congenital aortic valve diseases and represent one of the most common reasons of cardiovascular morbidity in young and otherwise healthy adult patients. The review will highlight the most important advantages of aortic valve sparing procedures as compared to the conventional valve replacement strategy. New treatment aspects will be reviewed including minimally-invasive surgical approaches for aortic valve repair as well as modern protocols of enhanced perioperative recovery which will potentially improve the perioperative recovery and quality of life of the patients undergoing valve-sparing surgical procedures in the future.

Keywords: Aortic valve repair; bicuspid aortic valve (BAV); enhanced perioperative recovery; heart valve reconstruction; minimally invasive surgery; unicuspid aortic valve (UAV)

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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