LOS ANGELES, CA—In patients ages 60 years or younger undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, mechanical valves are associated with a survival benefit compared with bioprosthetic valves, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with mechanical valve prostheses conferred similar risk ...

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage, ...

(HealthDay News) — A new study compares two leading types of aortic valve replacements and finds they have similar performance in terms of long-term risk of stroke and death for patients. The findings ...

Infections in surgically implanted heart valves are more common in patients who have been given a biological prosthetic valve than in those with a mechanical one, a study shows. Infections in ...

Patients at high risk for thromboembolism who undergo aortic valve replacement with a mechanical valve can safely take less than the standard dose of warfarin after 3 months, according to results of ...

A valve replacement surgery is usually done to replace or repair a diseased valve in the heart. There are four main valves in the heart which function to ensure unidirectional flow of the blood ...

Boston: Mechanical heart valves may be safer in certain cases than those made of animal tissue and should be used more as a replacement, especially in younger patients, according to a study.

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of Bristol ...

INGELHEIM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For Non-US, Non-UK & Non-Canadian Media Only The American Heart Journal has published the design of the RE-ALIGN study, the first study to evaluate a novel oral ...

Boston, Nov 10 (PTI) Mechanical heart valves may be safer in certain cases than those made of animal tissue and should be used more as a replacement, especially in younger patients, according to a ...