SAVR
SAVR is an acronym that most often refers to Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement, a cardiac procedure used to treat disease of the aortic valve. It is typically performed as open-heart surgery with the patient placed on cardiopulmonary bypass, allowing the surgeon to remove the diseased native valve and implant a prosthetic valve. The operation can be done through a full sternotomy or, in selected patients, via less invasive approaches.
Indications for SAVR include severe aortic stenosis or severe aortic regurgitation that causes symptoms, heart failure,
Compared with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), SAVR is more invasive but may be preferred for
Other uses of the acronym SAVR exist in different disciplines, but in medical literature, SAVR most commonly