“…For the short term, an adequate surgical technique has been already published [1]. However, for the long term, when neoendothelialization and incorporation of the stent in the aortic root have already occurred [2], the surgical technique has not been described. Recently, we successfully removed a CoreValve prosthesis (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN) that had been implanted 2103 days previously in a 61-year-old patient.…”