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LOS ANGELES — Aortic mechanical valves are associated with better survival than bioprosthetic valves in patients aged 60 years or younger, showed 12-year survival data from a large surgical ...

The majority of IE cases are presumably secondary to dental pathology, followed by otitis media or sinusitis • Mitral and aortic ... endocarditis. Patients with native or prosthetic valve ...

Valve‐in‐valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a recognized alternative for treating the structural valve deterioration of bioprosthetic valves. Recent guidelines and trials have ...

The survival advantage demonstrated in the current study for mechanical aortic valves in patients 60 years ... Excluded were people with endocarditis, emergency/salvage status, shock, ejection ...

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pure aortic insufficiency or endocarditis were excluded from the study. The primary outcome was a composite of stroke, MI, valve reintervention or death. Baseline characteristics and comorbidities ...

"The choice of a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis is independently ... Excluded were people with endocarditis, emergency/salvage status, shock, ejection fraction ≤25%, and any prior cardiac ...