Benchmarking Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves

CONCLUSIONS: In this nationally-representative study, 30-day mortality was similar but risk-adjusted 5-year mortality was significantly lower in bicuspid patients undergoing isolated SAVR compared to tricuspid patients, specifically low-risk and normal left ventricular ejection fraction patients. This analyses provides a much-needed 5-year longitudinal national-level benchmark to better inform the discussion of transcatheter vs SAVR in bicuspid patients.PMID:37454786 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.06.026

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - July 16, 2023 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sameer A Hirji Zachary Wegermann Sreekanth Vemulapalli Paige Newell Maria Grau-Sepulveda Sean O'Brien Vinod H Thourani Vinay Badhwar Tsuyoshi Kaneko Source Type: research