The Role of Sutureless Prostheses in Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery

Otto Dapunt of the Medical University of Graz, Austria, discusses the use of sutureless prostheses in minimally invasive aortic valve replacement. Dr. Dapunt evaluates the three sutureless valve prostheses currently available, demonstrates their implantation, and shares outcomes data from his four years of experience with sutureless valves.

This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for information on the 2015 ACTA/SCTS Annual Meeting & Forum in Manchester, United Kingdom.