Hi all. BAV/stenosis and surgery in the near future!

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Onto pros and cons of organic vs. mechanical valves.

its pretty simple at its nub
you trade off durability for post surgical management.

There is no definitive cure for valvular heart disease, all we can do is trade it off for prosthetic valve disease.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/119/7/1034.full

Despite the marked improvements in prosthetic valve design and surgical procedures over the past decades, valve replacement does not provide a definitive cure to the patient. Instead, native valve disease is traded for “prosthetic valve disease,” and the outcome of patients undergoing valve replacement is affected by prosthetic valve hemodynamics, durability, and thrombogenicity. ​

on durability, this link is definitive and pithy ... read it at a gentle pace
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.018506

Best Wishes