because I do not believe in "conspiracy theory" and the jounal is reputable:
Ann Thorac Surg 2013;95:1-66
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.083
Aortic Valve and Ascending Aorta Guidelines
for Management and Quality Measures
Writing Committee Members: Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD (Chair),
David H. Adams, MD (Vice-Chair), Robert O. Bonow, MD (Vice-Chair),
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, MD (Vice-Chair), D. Craig Miller, MD (Vice-Chair),
Patrick T. O’Gara, MD (Vice-Chair), David M. Shahian, MD (Vice-Chair),
Hartzell V. Schaff, MD (Vice-Chair), Cary W. Akins, MD, Joseph E. Bavaria, MD,
Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Tirone E. David, MD, Nimesh D. Desai, MD, PhD,
Todd M. Dewey, MD, Richard S. D’Agostino, MD, Thomas G. Gleason, MD,
Katherine B. Harrington, MD, Susheel Kodali, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD,
Martin B. Leon, MD, Brian Lima, MD, Bruce W. Lytle, MD, Michael J. Mack, MD,
Michael Reardon, MD, T. Brett Reece, MD, G. Russell Reiss, MD, Eric E. Roselli, MD,
Craig R. Smith, MD, Vinod H. Thourani, MD, E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, John Webb, MD,
and Mathew R. Williams, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York; Northwestern University Medical School,
Chicago, Illinois; Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Inc, St. Louis, Missouri; Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Palo Alto,
California; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Toronto General Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario; Technology Institute, Dallas, Texas; Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts; University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California; New York–Presbyterian
Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York;
Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas; Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Dean Health
System, Madison, Wisconsin; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British
Columbia
The figure cited is A in this Fig ref:
Fig 2. (A) Relationship of late survival to years after aortic valve
insertion in 13,258 patients, divided by aortic valve prosthesis.
(B) Survival by age.
of course you may believe whatever you want ...
secondly I think you should understand the stats better and perhaps read it yourself ...
I downloaded it from the University where I worked, but a good public or state library will probably give you access, here is the URL:
http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org..._Supplement/S1
on your next point:
well I'm glad to see you finally admit you'll have a normal lifespan ... perhaps we can dispense with all the usual "I'm going to die" stuff. However to answer your question please observe your own point: barring complications. I would agree with your Dr ... a Mechanical valve will last you a normal lifespan ... but will everything else favor that?
As you have no idea what the situation of those less than 50 year olds were like it may just be they had a bunch of other co-morbidities ... if they were 49 at surgery then they lived till they were nearly 65. I would surmise that if I had not had the good treatment that I did with my post surgery infection that I may be part of that component who died. I keep saying there are more an wider parameters than people seem to wish to focus on ... take the blinkers off and look at the big picture.
So far I'm part of the surviving group
