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

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from ...

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 ...

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

A patient in his 60s with a bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valve replacement presented with dyspnoea, tiredness and dizziness 2 years postoperatively. Transthoracic echocardiography showed mitral ...

A 31-year-old man with a mitral bioprosthetic valve presented with recent worsening of exertional dyspnoea 7 years after the mitral valve replacement. Evaluation revealed an increased gradient across ...

The Achilles heel of the bioprosthetic valve is structural valve deterioration (SVD). Cusp tears and thickening, calcification, pannus formation, and thrombus lead to deterioration of the valve, 7 ...

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The global heart valve frame market is poised for significant growth over the coming years, driven by factors such as increasing prevalence of cardiovascular ...

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 of 40 and 79. They found that in those aged 60 or younger, mechanical ...