Talk:Aortic valve repair

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Merge with Valve-sparing aortic root replacement[edit]

The Remodeling Technique, established by Sir Magdi Yacoub and the Reimplantation Technique by Tirone David are actually forms of Valve-sparing aortic root replacement. The information here applies to that page and should be merged. There are separate techniques (albeit uncommon) for repair. Dlodge (talk) 21:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion. In theory valve-preserving aortic root replacement is one form of aortic valve repair and would thus qualify as a sub-chapter. Thus, not a merger, but rather a reference to the existing wikipedia article would be appropriate. In practice valve-preserving root replacement is often used in patients with little or limited aortic regurgitation; only in the last 10 years the principles of aortic valve repair have been introduced into valve-preserving aortic root replacement. Within the repair scope currently this type of surgery can be offered to a much larger proportion of affected individuals, and the results of valve durability have become better. Kipepea (talk) 20:07, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Related[edit]

Can someone confirm that this is sufficiently different from Aortic valvuloplasty as to deserve its own article? WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:07, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to draw attention simply to the introductory sentence: Aortic valvuloplasty also known as balloon aortic valvotomy is the widening of a stenotic aortic valve using a balloon catheter inside the valve. The balloon is placed into the aortic valve that has become stiff from calcium buildup. The balloon is then inflated in an effort to increase the opening size of the valve and improving blood flow. If one compares this not only to the introductory sentence but also to the complete content it becomes clear that the two topics and treatment modalities are completely separate, one is done with a balloon, and the otherthrough a surgical operation.Kipepea (talk) 20:04, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strange history of this article[edit]

Hi, I noticed that this article has a strange history. It was basically a stub for five years from 2005 when it was created until November 2010 when it was redirected to Heart valve repair. Then five years later an editor called Kipepea blanked the redirect and created a new, full page in November 2015. Then for two years there was very little work done on the page, until about a month ago (October 2017) when two tags were placed on the page declaring that the article was edited by paid editors and that there is COI. Does this mean that for two years, although a paid editor created the page, no one noticed to put a tag on it? Also, should Heart valve repair be merged with Aortic valve repair? Also, what kind of edits need to be made to bring the article up to Wikipedia standards so that the tags can be removed? It seems kind of strange to me that such an academic type of article would have a paid editor working on it. Dont paid editors usually do work for individuals or companies? Who is gaining monetarily from an article about a medical procedure? Thanks for clarifying. 196.251.250.130 (talk) 12:26, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Quite obviously Hans-Joachim Schäfers. Look how often his name appears in text and listings. --Saidmann (talk) 22:57, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing "obvious" here. Hans-Joachim Schäfers is not even mentioned on this page. I did notice, after close scrutiny that the editor that put the article up two years ago is part of a sock puppet investigation. Is that the real reason the article has been tagged? Unfortunately the other questions posted above were not addressed/answered. I will see what improvements can be made to this article, and if it seems OK, I will take off the $ tag. This tag seems placed arbitrarily. 196.251.250.184 (talk) 09:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article is self-promotional: At least seven of the sources are by Schäfers. Further, one of the two videos and all of the "further reading". The editor who put up the article was also banned because of editing against undisclosed payments. Therefore the corresponding tag needs to be set until the article is cleaned up. --Saidmann (talk) 19:37, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So you are saying if we can find other sources in place of Schäfers, and delete the "Further reading" section, the article would be "cleaned up" enough to remove the tags; or is there something intrinsic to the article itself that is self-promotional that also needs to be cleaned up? I'm not saying I am capable of doing any of those (except maybe deleting the further reading section) but I am just trying to get clarity on what this new tag means and what is required to clean up an article that has such a tag. Thanks, 154.127.57.42 (talk) 07:07, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]