Aortic valve replacement is one of the most commonly performed procedures in adult cardiac surgery in France. Patients over the age of 65 most often receive a bioprosthetic aortic valve during an isolated aortic valve replacement or in combination with another cardiac surgery, which may extend the operative time. The Perceval bioprosthesis has the advantage to reduce operative time due to its automatic deployment on a stent, which shortens the suturing time compared to other bioprostheses that require more sutures (sutureless valve). In this retrospective, single-center, observational descriptive study, the investigators are conducting a follow-up of 193 patients operated on at the Montpellier University Hospital between January 2012 and January 2023, who received a Perceval aortic valve as part of routine annual follow-up, in order to assess the durability of this valve based on clinical and echocardiographic Valve Academic Research Consortium 3 (VARC-3) criteria.
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survival without Bioprosthetic Valve Failure
Timeframe: From enrollment to the last news (up to 130 months) or death