Keywords: bleeding; cardiopulmonary bypass; clinical outcomes; duration of stay; femoral artery; femoral vein; full sternotomy; guidelines; mechanical ventilation; meta-analysis; minimally invasive aortic valve replacement; mortality; right anterior thoracotomy; stroke; surgical aortic valve replacement; sutureless aortic valve; transesophageal echocardiography; transfusion; upper hemisternotomy.