Surgical options for aortic valve preservation

Title : Surgical options for aortic valve preservation

Abstract:

Refinements in cardiac surgical techniques can now offer many patients preservation of their native aortic valve rather than replacement with biologic or mechanical prostheses. These operations range from isolated aortic valve repair to total aortic root replacement with valve reimplantation. Advancements for isolated valve repair include primary leaflet realignment, subannular reduction valvuloplasty, commissural resuspension, and patch augmentation. Procedures for aortic root disease include partial sinus of Valsalva replacement and valve-sparing total root replacement. Lastly, novel operations for aortic root and ascending aneurysm include root reconstruction for aortic dissection and the personalized external aortic root support (PEARS) procedure. Surgical options for aortic valve preservation provide patients freedom from artificial valve replacement and have been shown to be safe, effective and durable.

Biography:

Doty is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and did his residency training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is the associate medical director for cardiac surgery at Intermountain Medical Center and a clinical professor of surgery at Brigham Young University. His academic interests include surgical treatment for aortic aneurysm, atrial fibrillation, and adult congenital heart disease. He has co-authored a textbook and atlas of cardiac surgery and is the director of the CORE curriculum review course.