Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from ...
Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...
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 late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...
Background Mitral valve repair (MVr) is the gold standard treatment for degenerative mitral regurgitation, yet there is ...
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 ...