At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages ...

These latest data reinforce years of smaller studies, but whether they should change practice is a matter of debate.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008;5(12):764-765. We believe that strategies to avoid or reduce the severity of PPM should be individualized and take into account multiple variables, such as ...

Many clinical reports have demonstrated excellent reports with pericardial valves with very low gradient and improved long-term durability compared with porcine bioprosthesis. [9–12] However ...

“The decision between a bioprosthetic and mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement,” study leader Dr. Michael Bowdish of Cedars-Sinai ...

CrossRef MEDLINE 2. Etnel JRG, Huygens SA, Grashuis P, et al.: Bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in nonelderly adults: a systematic review, meta-analysis, microsimulation. Circ Cardiovasc ...