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Aortic valve surgery
Introduction
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Aortic valve surgery is done to replace the aortic valve in your heart. This can be done either by the traditional open approach or by minimally invasive surgery.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; : Mohammed A. Sbeih, M.D.[2]
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