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aortic valve replacement

This gentleman is Day 4 after a minimally invasive tissue aortic valve replacement with sutureless valve. The procedure was done through a very small incision in the upper breast bone called a mini-sternotomy. The new bioprosthetic valve was implanted without any sutures. It is called self expanding valve or sutureless valve.

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