Does Aortic Valve Repair Require Open Heart Surgery?
Does Aortic Valve Repair Require Open Heart Surgery? Aortic valve repair and aortic valve replacement may be done through traditional open-heart surgery, which involves a cut (incision) in the chest, or by using minimally invasive methods, which involve smaller incisions in the chest or a catheter inserted in the leg or chest (transcatheter aortic valve