New Horizons in Aortic Valve Replacement
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2025 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aortic stenosis; low flow low gradient AS; tricuspid regurgitation; right ventricle; strain imaging; valvular heart diseases; transcatheter therapies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The progress of aortic valve replacement (AVR) is remarkable. Significant advances have been made during the last 2 decades with the emergence of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as a paradigm shift in the management of patients with aortic stenosis (and aortic regurgitation to some extent). Both transcatheter and surgical AVR techniques have improved, and they continue to evolve in response to the clinical needs to improve patient’s outcome. Although TAVR represents a less invasive approach, there are many aspects that need to be closely examined and improved. For instance, long term durability of TAVR valves is still not well known, and the expansion of the indication to low-risk patients has its own challenges. Lifetime management of the disease is a key aspect in this regard; both the timing and the modality of the first valve replacement in relation to patient age and risk profile are critical and need to be tailored to the patient needs. In this Special Issue, we welcome authors to submit papers on the advances of AVR using both transcatheter and surgical techniques and the challenges in patient management in this field. This includes but is not limited to advances in pre-AVR assessment, technical aspects, and short- and long-term outcomes.
Dr. Abdellaziz Dahou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- TAVR
- SAVR
- valve durability
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- surgical aortic valve replacement
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