Aortic Valve Replacement With Perceval Bioprosthesis: Single-Center Experience With 617 Implants

BackgroundThis study describes the clinical and echocardiographic outcomes in a large single-center cohort of patients who underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) with a sutureless Perceval (LivaNova, Milan, Italy) aortic bioprosthesis.MethodsBetween March 2011 and December 2015, 617 patients underwent AVR with a Perceval bioprosthesis. The mean age was 76 ± 7 years, 388 patients were female (63%), and the mean European System for Cardiac...