LOS ANGELES—January 25, 2025—A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs ...
Jan 29 (Reuters) - 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 ...
More information: Jeremy Chan et al, Long-term clinical outcomes in patients between the age of 50-70 years receiving ...
Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a ...
Opens in a new tab or window LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve ...
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The results echo those of a recent US study, which found that aortic mechanical valves were associated with better 12-year survival than bioprosthetic valves in patients aged 60 years or younger.
A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...
LOS ANGELES, CA—In patients ages 60 years or younger undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, mechanical valves are associated with a survival benefit compared with bioprosthetic valves, ...
The last two decades have seen an increase in the use of biological over mechanical heart valve replacements. However, while ...
Citation: Mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged 60, study finds (2025, January 27) retrieved 19 February 2025 from https://medicalxpress ...
Long-term clinical outcomes in patients between the age of 50-70 years receiving biological versus mechanical aortic valve prostheses ...