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Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SU-AVR-IR): design and rationale from the International Valvular Surgery Study Group (IVSSG).

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Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SU-AVR-IR): design and rationale from the International Valvular Surgery Study Group (IVSSG).

Auteurs : Marco Di Eusanio [Italie] ; Kevin Phan [Italie] ; Denis Bouchard [Italie] ; Thierry P. Carrel [Italie] ; Otto E. Dapunt [Italie] ; Roberto Di Bartolomeo [Italie] ; Harald C. Eichstaedt [Italie] ; Theodor Fischlein [Italie] ; Thierry Folliguet [Italie] ; Borut Gersak [Italie] ; Mattia Glauber [Italie] ; Axel Haverich [Italie] ; Martin Misfeld [Italie] ; Peter J. Oberwalder [Italie] ; Giuseppe Santarpino [Italie] ; Malakh Lal Shrestha [Italie] ; Marco Solinas [Italie] ; Marco Vola [Italie] ; Francesco Alamanni [Italie] ; Alberto Albertini [Italie] ; Gopal Bhatnagar [Italie] ; Michel Carrier [Italie] ; Stephen Clark [Italie] ; Federic Collart [Italie] ; Utz Kappert [Italie] ; Alfred Kocher [Italie] ; Bart Meuris [Italie] ; Carmelo Mignosa [Italie] ; Ahmed Ouda [Italie] ; Marc Pelletier [Italie] ; Parwis Baradaran Rahmanian [Italie] ; David Reineke [Italie] ; Kevin Teoh [Italie] ; Giovanni Troise [Italie] ; Emmanuel Villa [Italie] ; Thorsten Wahlers [Italie] ; Tristan D. Yan [Italie]

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Abstract

Sutureless aortic valve replacement (SU-AVR) is an innovative approach which shortens cardiopulmonary bypass and cross-clamp durations and may facilitate minimally invasive approach. Evidence outlining its safety, efficacy, hemodynamic profile and potential complications is replete with small-volume observational studies and few comparative publications.

DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.02.05
PubMed: 25870808

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<div type="abstract" xml:lang="en">Sutureless aortic valve replacement (SU-AVR) is an innovative approach which shortens cardiopulmonary bypass and cross-clamp durations and may facilitate minimally invasive approach. Evidence outlining its safety, efficacy, hemodynamic profile and potential complications is replete with small-volume observational studies and few comparative publications.</div>
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<AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND" NlmCategory="BACKGROUND">Sutureless aortic valve replacement (SU-AVR) is an innovative approach which shortens cardiopulmonary bypass and cross-clamp durations and may facilitate minimally invasive approach. Evidence outlining its safety, efficacy, hemodynamic profile and potential complications is replete with small-volume observational studies and few comparative publications.</AbstractText>
<AbstractText Label="METHODS" NlmCategory="METHODS">Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery and high-volume SU-AVR replacement centers were contacted for recruitment into a global collaborative coalition dedicated to sutureless valve research. A Research Steering Committee was formulated to direct research and support the mission of providing registry evidence warranted for SU-AVR.</AbstractText>
<AbstractText Label="RESULTS" NlmCategory="RESULTS">The International Valvular Surgery Study Group (IVSSG) was formed under the auspices of the Research Steering Committee, comprised of 36 expert valvular surgeons from 27 major centers across the globe. IVSSG Sutureless Projects currently proceeding include the Retrospective and Prospective Phases of the SU-AVR International Registry (SU-AVR-IR).</AbstractText>
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