Aorta Replacement Surgery. Your aortic valve separates the lower section of your heart from your aorta. Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement surgery is a safer procedure than indicated by current surgical risk scores according to joseph lamelas m d chief and program director of cardiothoracic surgery at the university of miami health system.
For most aortic valve repair and aortic valve replacement procedures you ll receive anesthetics. Your aortic valve separates the lower section of your heart from your aorta. A heart lung machine is connected to maintain circulation while the surgeon removes the diseased portion of the aorta.
The surgeon then repairs or replaces your abnormal heart valve or valves.
Aortic valve repair is usually performed through traditional open heart surgery and opening of the. However they overestimate. In this procedure your surgeon replaces the enlarged section of your aorta with. The chest is then closed.
