"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic ...

2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...

If you receive a mechanical heart valve, you’ll need to take blood thinners for the rest of your life to reduce your risk of stroke. Biologic valves, also called bioprosthetic valves ...

Replacement of the entire valve with either a bioprosthetic or mechanical valve may be necessary. Once approved for surgery, a person receives specific instructions on preparing for the procedure ...

agreed looking at the longer horizon on surgical valves helps out the interventional field. Though younger patients with aortic stenosis typically are treated with mechanical rather than bioprosthetic ...

made either of metal (mechanical valve) or from the tissue of a human, pig, or cow (bioprosthetic valve). The outlook for people with a leaky valve depends on several key factors. The most ...

An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living ...

NEW YORK, NY—Development of bioprosthetic valve dysfunction (BVD) may contribute to worse outcomes at 5 years after transcatheter or surgical valve replacement in patients with symptomatic severe ...

Evidence-based recommendations on valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV-TAVI) for aortic bioprosthetic valve dysfunction in adults. This involves placing a new bioprosthetic ...