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

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

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.

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 ...

It found that patients aged 60 and younger had lower all-cause mortality with mechanical valves. Key findings include: Decline in mechanical valve use: Despite superior outcomes in younger ...

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.

It found that patients aged 60 and younger had lower all-cause mortality with mechanical valves. Key Findings Include: Decline in mechanical valve use: Despite superior outcomes in younger ...

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 ...