The mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic valve debate: adding insight to an evolving conundrum

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Jun 15;62(1):ezac337. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac337.

Authors

Olina Dagher^{1

2}, Walid Ben Ali¹, Thomas Modine³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada.
² Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Canada.
³ Service Médico-Chirurgical: Valvulopathies-Chirurgie Cardiaque-Cardiologie Interventionelle Structurelle, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut Lévèque, CHU Bordeaux, France.

PMID: 35723547
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac337

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic valve replacement; Bioprosthetic valve; Individual patient data meta-analysis; Mechanical valve; Systematic review.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery
Bioprosthesis*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans