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Here's the PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26794881 The investigators found no difference in survival, stroke, and endocarditis between patients with mechanical or bioprosthetic vales. As expected, MV patients had higher rates of thromboembolism while patients with BVs had...

A new paper from November shows better survival with mechanical compared to bioprosthetic AVR. It's a well conducted observational study from Sweden, though it's not the best quality evidence, which would be a randomized controlled trial. There were significant differences between the groups...

I'd like to hear from folks who had aortic valve surgery for chronic severe aortic regurgitation: what were your (1) LVEF (2) LV end diastolic dimensions and (3) LV end systolic dimensions before and after surgery? How close to normal did your ventricles look after surgery and what was the time...

Early in the NY, I'll be having my aortic valve either repaired (35% chance) or replaced. At my blog, I share my thoughts on the operative choices ahead. Please share your experiences and thoughts as you see fit. This is a really great forum with plenty of important info from very well informed...