The aim of our study was to compare outcomes after mitral, aortic or double valve replacements with mechanical versus bioprosthetic valves. The outcomes will include incidence of mortality, reoperations, bleeding, thromboembolism, and endocarditis.Kama Raval...
Patients who underwent MV replacements had poorer outcomes with less symptomatic benefit in spite of a similar reduction in LVOT gradients.doi:10.1002/ejhf.1038Collis RichardWatkinson OliverO'Mahony ConstantinosGuttmann Oliver P.Pantazis AntonisTome‐Esteban MariaTsang VictorChandrasekaran VenkatachalamMcGregor...
Valve replacements with homografts were excluded (n = 12). A total of 187 patients received MP (n = 45), SP (n = 112) or SBP (n = 30). All patients with complicated IE (prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) or root involvement, n = 77) were included as study cohort. The group ...