Health Rounds: Mechanical aortic valves may be preferable in younger patients needing replacement
Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from ...
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New study finds mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged 60 and younger
A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...
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Aortic Valve Repair
Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...
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60 or Younger? A 'Wake Up Call' for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...
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Effects of Mitral-Valve Replacement on the Pulmonary Vascular Dynamics of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Aortic-valve disease severe enough to require definitive surgical treatment at the time of mitral-valve replacement was present ... or by the indicator-dilution technic with injection of ...
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SGMC Health performs its first alternative access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...
Team links gene duplications, deletions within chromosome region to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease
Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease, ...