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.

Overall complication rates were similar to those seen with transfemoral access, however, and patients liked it better.

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be performed by highly trained specialists.

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 ...

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Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the majority without the need for additional surgery two decades later.

It found that patients aged 60 and younger had lower all-cause mortality with mechanical ... of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement,” said Dr. Michael Bowdish ...

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Male patients were 59.36% of the patients undergoing eBAV and 56.46% of those undergoing eTAVI (p=0.34). BAV patients exhibited a lower aortic valve area compared with TAVI patients (0.58±0.16 cm² vs ...

The four heart valves (tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral and aortic) open and close at just the right moment to keep the blood moving in the proper direction through the heart. It is helpful to visualize ...

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