Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

The study, leveraging data from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database ... bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement ...

Long-term clinical outcomes in patients between the age of 50-70 years receiving biological versus mechanical aortic valve prostheses, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (2025).

Aortic valve replacement gives you a new aortic heart valve. The new valve may be mechanical or made of animal tissue, often from a pig. Your doctor will talk with you before surgery about which type ...

Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis undergoing CoreValve or Evolut TAVI have better 5-year bioprosthetic valve ...

The only effective treatment for aortic stenosis is removal of the mechanical obstruction ... many major medical centers. Aortic valve debridement via surgery or ultrasound debridement is a ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has ... or mitral valve typically requires valve replacement (with a manufactured “mechanical” valve, or with a tissue valve which ...

When you have aortic or pulmonic heart valve disease, valve replacement surgery is usually performed. In some cases, the aortic valve can be repaired. During valve replacement surgery, the faulty ...

A recent editorial claimed that “it’s time to act” in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis ... treated with a mechanical rather than a bioprosthetic valve after follow-up ...

The only effective treatment for aortic stenosis is removal of the mechanical obstruction ... many major medical centers. Aortic valve debridement via surgery or ultrasound debridement is a ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.