Surgical sutureless and sutured aortic valve replacement in low-risk patients

CONCLUSIONS: Among low-risk patients, sutureless versus sutured valve use did not demonstrate a benefit in terms of 30-day complications and produced marginally better hemodynamics, but with an increased rate of pacemaker implantation and valve-related hospitalizations.PMID:33794164 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.048

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - April 1, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Ka Yan Lam Michael J Reardon Steven J Yakubov Thomas Modine Stephen Fremes Pim A L Tonino M Erwin Tan Thomas G Gleason J Kevin Harrison G Chad Hughes Jae K Oh Stuart J Head Jian Huang G Michael Deeb Source Type: research