A prosthetic heart valve (200, 300) configured to be expanded between native leaflets of a native aortic annulus of a patient, the prosthetic heart valve (200, 300) comprising: a collapsible and expandable stent (202, 302) having a proximal end (230, 330), a distal end (232, 332), an annulus section (240, 340) adjacent the proximal end (230, 330), and an aortic section (242, 342) adjacent the distal end (232, 332), the stent (202, 302) including a plurality of struts shaped to form a plurality of cells (212a, 312a) connected to one another in a plurality of annular rows (R1, R2, R3) around the stent (202, 302), the stent (202, 302) defining a flow direction from the proximal end (230, 330) toward the distal end (232, 332), the stent (202, 302) having a minimum diameter in a direction perpendicular to the flow direction and a length in the flow direction between the proximal (230, 330) and distal (232, 332) ends when the stent (202, 302) is in an expanded use condition, the length being greater than the minimum diameter; a cuff (206, 306) attached to the annulus section (240, 340) of the stent (202, 302), the cuff (206, 306) having top and bottom edges and occupying a first group of the cells (212a, 312a), such that the cells (212a, 312a) above the top edge are open cells (212a, 312a) at least partially devoid of the cuff (206, 306), the cuff (206, 306) having a landing zone that is a continuous cylindrical portion of the cuff (206, 306), the landing zone having a length extending at least one-third of the length of the stent (202, 302) in the flow direction, the length of the landing zone defined between the bottom edge of the cuff (206, 306) and a proximal end of a most proximal cell (212a, 312a) of the open cells (212a, 312a) when the stent (202, 302) is in the expanded use condition; and a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets (208, 308) attached to the cuff (206, 306) between a first location and a second location distal to the first location in the flow direction, each of the prosthetic valve leaflets (208, 308) having a free edge (209, 309). a collapsible and expandable stent (202, 302) having a proximal end (230, 330), a distal end (232, 332), an annulus section (240, 340) adjacent the proximal end (230, 330), and an aortic section (242, 342) adjacent the distal end (232, 332), the stent (202, 302) including a plurality of struts shaped to form a plurality of cells (212a, 312a) connected to one another in a plurality of annular rows (R1, R2, R3) around the stent (202, 302), the stent (202, 302) defining a flow direction from the proximal end (230, 330) toward the distal end (232, 332), the stent (202, 302) having a minimum diameter in a direction perpendicular to the flow direction and a length in the flow direction between the proximal (230, 330) and distal (232, 332) ends when the stent (202, 302) is in an expanded use condition, the length being greater than the minimum diameter; a cuff (206, 306) attached to the annulus section (240, 340) of the stent (202, 302), the cuff (206, 306) having top and bottom edges and occupying a first group of the cells (212a, 312a), such that the cells (212a, 312a) above the top edge are open cells (212a, 312a) at least partially devoid of the cuff (206, 306), the cuff (206, 306) having a landing zone that is a continuous cylindrical portion of the cuff (206, 306), the landing zone having a length extending at least one-third of the length of the stent (202, 302) in the flow direction, the length of the landing zone defined between the bottom edge of the cuff (206, 306) and a proximal end of a most proximal cell (212a, 312a) of the open cells (212a, 312a) when the stent (202, 302) is in the expanded use condition; and a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets (208, 308) attached to the cuff (206, 306) between a first location and a second location distal to the first location in the flow direction, each of the prosthetic valve leaflets (208, 308) having a free edge (209, 309).