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Age-Specific Outcomes of Bioprosthetic vs. Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement: Balancing Reoperation Risk with Anticoagulation Burden.

Fatimah A AlhijabLatifa A AlfayezEssam HassanMonirah A AlbabtainIsmail M ElnaggarKhaled A AlotaibiAdam I AdamClaudio PragliolaHuda H IsmailAmr A Arafat
Published in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (2024)
The outcomes of mechanical and bioprosthetic valve replacement were comparable in patients older than 50 years. Using bioprosthetic valves in patients younger than 50 years was associated with a greater rate of valve reintervention, with no beneficial effect on the risk of bleeding or stroke.
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