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, U.S. researchers ...

The last two decades have seen an increase in the use of biological over mechanical heart valve replacements. However, while ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to ...

However, patients who received mechanical valves had better long ... only patients who underwent re-do surgical aortic valve replacement or valve in valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for patients aged 60 and younger compared to bioprosthetic valves.

The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.

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 ...

"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement," said Dr. Michael Bowdish, lead author of the study ...

“The decision between a bioprosthetic and mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement,” said Dr. Michael Bowdish, lead author of the study ...

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 ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.