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Review

The Evolution of Surgical Valves

by
Marco Russoa
1,
Maurizio Taramasso
1,
Andrea Guidotti
1,
Alberto Pozzoli
1,
Fabian Nietilspach
1,
Ludwig K. von Segesser
2 and
Francesco Maisano
1,*
1
University Heart Center, Universitätsspital Zürich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2
Cardio-Vascular Research Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Cardiovasc. Med. 2017, 20(12), 285; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2017.00532
Submission received: 20 September 2017 / Revised: 20 October 2017 / Accepted: 20 November 2017 / Published: 20 December 2017
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Abstract

The treatment of heart valve diseases started in 1914 with closed heart procedures. In 1952, the first valvular heart prosthesis was implatanted in the heterotopic position. In almost one century, cardiovascular surgery has progressively evolved in several steps that represented correct answers to upcoming clinical challenges. In this review we retrace the history of heart valve prostheses, from the first steps to the present. Several key concepts as “operative mortality”, “durability”, “thromboembolic events”, “less-invasiveness” guide our long journey and help us to explain the mechanisms of this evolution.
Keywords: mechanical heart valves; biological heart valves; transcatheter heart valve implantation; valve durability; less invasiveness mechanical heart valves; biological heart valves; transcatheter heart valve implantation; valve durability; less invasiveness

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Russoa, M.; Taramasso, M.; Guidotti, A.; Pozzoli, A.; Nietilspach, F.; von Segesser, L.K.; Maisano, F. The Evolution of Surgical Valves. Cardiovasc. Med. 2017, 20, 285. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2017.00532

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Russoa M, Taramasso M, Guidotti A, Pozzoli A, Nietilspach F, von Segesser LK, Maisano F. The Evolution of Surgical Valves. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2017; 20(12):285. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2017.00532

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Russoa, Marco, Maurizio Taramasso, Andrea Guidotti, Alberto Pozzoli, Fabian Nietilspach, Ludwig K. von Segesser, and Francesco Maisano. 2017. "The Evolution of Surgical Valves" Cardiovascular Medicine 20, no. 12: 285. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2017.00532

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Russoa, M., Taramasso, M., Guidotti, A., Pozzoli, A., Nietilspach, F., von Segesser, L. K., & Maisano, F. (2017). The Evolution of Surgical Valves. Cardiovascular Medicine, 20(12), 285. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2017.00532

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