A system comprising: a heart valve including a first commissure post; and a delivery apparatus coupled to the heart valve, the delivery apparatus comprising: a base including an inflow end and an outflow end, the outflow end being distal to the inflow end; and a suture guard (202, 2000) that is selectively deployable and that extends through the base, the suture guard (202, 2000) configured to transition from initial configuration to a deployed configuration, wherein in the initial configuration the suture guard (202, 2000) is in a collapsed configuration such that the suture guard (202, 2000) is situated radially inwardly of an interior surface of an outflow end of the first commissure post, and wherein in the deployed configuration the suture guard (202, 2000) extends radially outwardly of the interior surface of the outflow end distal to the outflow end of the first commissure post, wherein the suture guard (202, 2000) includes a frame element that is shape set such that when the suture guard (202, 2000) is transitioned to the deployed configuration the frame element is configured to cause the suture guard (202, 2000) to naturally adopt the deployed configuration. a heart valve including a first commissure post; and a delivery apparatus coupled to the heart valve, the delivery apparatus comprising: a base including an inflow end and an outflow end, the outflow end being distal to the inflow end; and a suture guard (202, 2000) that is selectively deployable and that extends through the base, the suture guard (202, 2000) configured to transition from initial configuration to a deployed configuration, wherein in the initial configuration the suture guard (202, 2000) is in a collapsed configuration such that the suture guard (202, 2000) is situated radially inwardly of an interior surface of an outflow end of the first commissure post, and wherein in the deployed configuration the suture guard (202, 2000) extends radially outwardly of the interior surface of the outflow end distal to the outflow end of the first commissure post, wherein the suture guard (202, 2000) includes a frame element that is shape set such that when the suture guard (202, 2000) is transitioned to the deployed configuration the frame element is configured to cause the suture guard (202, 2000) to naturally adopt the deployed configuration. a base including an inflow end and an outflow end, the outflow end being distal to the inflow end; and a suture guard (202, 2000) that is selectively deployable and that extends through the base, the suture guard (202, 2000) configured to transition from initial configuration to a deployed configuration, wherein in the initial configuration the suture guard (202, 2000) is in a collapsed configuration such that the suture guard (202, 2000) is situated radially inwardly of an interior surface of an outflow end of the first commissure post, and wherein in the deployed configuration the suture guard (202, 2000) extends radially outwardly of the interior surface of the outflow end distal to the outflow end of the first commissure post, wherein the suture guard (202, 2000) includes a frame element that is shape set such that when the suture guard (202, 2000) is transitioned to the deployed configuration the frame element is configured to cause the suture guard (202, 2000) to naturally adopt the deployed configuration.