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Mechanical versus bioprosthetic valve for aortic valve replacement: systematic review and meta-analysis of reconstructed individual participant data.

Panagiotis T TasoudisDimitrios N VarvoglisEvangelos VitkosKonstantinos S MylonasMichel Pompeu SáJohn S IkonomidisThomas G CaranasosThanos Athanasiou
Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
Survival rates seem to not be influenced by the type of prosthesis in patients <50 years old. The survival advantage in favour of mechanical valves is observed in patients 50-70 years old, while in patients >70 years old bioprosthetic valves offer better survival outcomes.
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