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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Re-do Surgery for Failing Surgical Aortic Bioprosthesis: a Multi-Centre Propensity Score Analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with aortic bioprosthesis failure treated with either redo-SAVR or TAV-in-SAV have similar 30-day and 1-year clinical outcomes. PMID: 28760721 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - August 3, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research

Mitral valve prosthesis choice in patients < 70 years: A systematic review and meta ‐analysis of 20 219 patients
ConclusionMechanical MVR in patients aged less than 70 years is associated with a lower risk of operative mortality as well as a 20% lower risk of long ‐term death and 65% lower risk of mitral valve reoperation but 60% greater risk of bleeding compared with bioMVR in matched or adjusted data.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - February 27, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Bobby Yanagawa, Jessica Lee, Maral Ouzounian, Akshay Bagai, Asim Cheema, Subodh Verma, Jan O. Friedrich, on behalf of the Canadian Cardiovascular Surgery Meta ‐Analysis Working Group Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research