You may need surgery if your aortic valve does not work properly. You may need open-heart valve surgery for these reasons:
Changes in your aortic valve are causing major heart symptoms, such as chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, fainting spells (syncope), or heart failure. Tests show that changes in your aortic valve are beginning to seriously harm how well your heart works. Your heart valve has been damaged by infection of the heart valve (endocarditis). You have received a new heart valve in the past and it is not working well, or you have other problems such as blood clots, infection, or bleeding.
Who needs Aortic valve surgery (open)?
You may need surgery if your aortic valve does not work properly. You may need open-heart valve surgery for these reasons:
Changes in your aortic valve are causing major heart symptoms, such as chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, fainting spells (syncope), or heart failure. Tests show that changes in your aortic valve are beginning to seriously harm how well your heart works. Your heart valve has been damaged by infection of the heart valve (endocarditis). You have received a new heart valve in the past and it is not working well, or you have other problems such as blood clots, infection, or bleeding.