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Surgical dilemma - spare or replace regurgitant aortic valve: Late comparative outcomes of two strategies.

Dainius KarciauskasViktorija ZieniutePovilas JakuskaEgle EreminieneSarunas KindurisIrena NedzelskieneRuta DirsieneMonika BiesevicieneRimantas Benetis
Published in: Perfusion (2022)
Aortic valve and root surgery can be performed with equivalent safety and efficacy using either valve-sparing (David procedure) or valve-replacing (Bentall procedure) techniques in selected patients. Furthermore, patients after the David procedure demonstrated significantly improved survival and low risk of bleeding in comparison to the Bentall procedure with an acceptable risk of reoperation at 10 years follow-up.
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