Durability of Mitral Valve Bioprostheses: A meta-analysis of long-term follow-up studies

ConclusionsIn surgical populations that underwent mitral valve replacement after 1980 with new generation tissue valves and similar mean age at the implant time, we found, at long-term follow up, a higher freedom from SVD in the group of porcine prostheses.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research