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Contemporary trends and in-hospital outcomes of mechanical and bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve replacement in the United States.

Emily HiltnerIkenna ErinneAnjuli SinghChunguang ChenJohn KassotisMark RussoAnkur Sethi
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
In the contemporary era, the utilization of mAVR has decreased across all age groups, including those younger than 50 years old. Although mAVR recipients were healthier with less comorbidities, inpatient mortality was higher after mAVR compared to bAVR. In addition to understanding causes for higher in-hospital mortality after mAVR, future research should focus on developing transcatheter valve replacement friendly bAVR.
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