Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

These findings might influence cerebral embolic protection device use in patients with PA. Porcelain aorta (PA) is a risk factor for neurological complications secondary to embolisation during ...

Advt "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 ...

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...

“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 ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for patients aged 60 and younger compared to bioprosthetic valves.

"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement," said Dr. Michael Bowdish, lead author of the study ...

“The decision between a bioprosthetic and mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement,” said Dr. Michael Bowdish, lead author of the study ...

Transcatheter heart valve (THV) underexpansion after transcatheter aortic valve replacement may be associated with worse outcomes. THV expansion can be assessed fluoroscopically using a pigtail for ...

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 ...