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Aortic valve bypass surgery was first performed more than 30 years ago, but has been an infrequently applied approach for patients with aortic stenosis, or obstruction of the aortic valve.
Cardiac surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center are pioneering resurgent interest in the aortic valve bypass, a minimally invasive approach for higher-risk patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis.
This procedure is performed through a keyhole incision using videoscopic assistance. The surgeon makes an incision in the left chest and places a tube containing an artificial valve between the tip of the heart and the major blood vessel (the aorta) in the back of the chest. The tube relieves the blockage by bypassing, rather than replacing, the narrow aortic valve.
You may be a candidate for aortic valve bypass surgery if:
Aortic valve bypass surgery is a time-tested procedure. Patients are currently doing well more than 25 years after undergoing aortic valve bypass surgery.
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