Aortic valve replacement mini-invasive surgery continues to be the best option for aortic stenosis

Severe aortic valve stenosis is a very serious heart condition that requires prompt intervention to prevent sudden death and/or serious complications. In recent years there has been a lot of media coverage about the different ways to treat heart valve disease. This caused a very confusing flow of information. Most patients find it difficult to make a correct decision. This article will give you a concise comparative Guide and the outline of why an aortic valve replacement mini-invasive surgery is best and what are the options.

Medical therapy. By far the worst option: there is no miracle drug that can open a narrow and calcified aortic valve. Patients sometimes severe aortic stenosis can breathe a little better if they are given diuretics such as Lasix. This relief is only temporary and die within two years, no matter what medical treatment are in majority of patients not treated surgically.

New catheter based techniques are designed to distribute a new valve inside the old valve using a special catheter inserted through a blood vessel in the groin. It might sound appealing to a layman because it does not require an open-heart operation, but is not a good one. These techniques carry a risk of stroke that is 4 times greater than a traditional surgical aortic valve replacement and therefore are only used in very sick patients, which rejected by various cardiac surgeons

Conventional aortic valve surgery through a split breast bone has good results, but requires a long recovery, especially in the elderly and frail.

Aortic valve replacement mini-invasive surgery can be performed through an incision of 2 “between the ribs which does not cut any bone. Even the most severe patients and older can enjoy a faster recovery, less pain, less bleeding, fast wound healing and everyone has to show for a tiny scar is barely noticeable on the side of the chest. This option is by far the best choice and can be offered in the most renowned centers of minimally invasive heart surgery. It is worth to travel to one of these centers, even if it means going outside the State.
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