A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...

At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...

These latest data reinforce years of smaller studies, but whether they should change practice is a matter of debate.

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

highlighting its advantages over conventional bioprosthetic valves. One study reported that early mortality rates after the procedure range from 0% to 5.88%, with a cumulative incidence of aortic ...

Many clinical reports have demonstrated excellent reports with pericardial valves with very low gradient and improved long-term durability compared with porcine bioprosthesis. [9–12] However ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

A study reveals that middle-aged adults fare better with mechanical aortic valves compared to animal tissue-based valves. The research, presented at the Society for Thoracic Surgery annual meeting, ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

“The decision between a bioprosthetic and mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement,” study leader Dr. Michael Bowdish of Cedars-Sinai ...