Heart and Vascular Care
The cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons at Main Line Health work together to improve the detection and prevention of heart disease with the latest treatment options.
For more than 50 years, surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has been the standard treatment for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and for aortic regurgitation. Minimally invasive approaches, including mini aortic valve replacement (mini AVR) and more recently, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are now available, reducing recovery time and more quickly improving quality of life for patients.
When the aortic valve is diseased or infected, there are several replacement options, including:
All SAVR surgeries involve replacing a diseased aortic valve with a new one. The difference is in how the replacement is performed.
Your surgeon will evaluate your condition and medical history to determine which surgical approach is safest and most likely to be effective for you.
In 2015, 88 percent of isolated aortic valve procedures at Lankenau were done minimally invasively.
The cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons at Main Line Health work together to improve the detection and prevention of heart disease with the latest treatment options.