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New Study Finds Mechanical Valves Offer Superior Long-Term Survival for Aortic Valve Replacement Patients Aged 60 and Younger

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

The study, leveraging data from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD), offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of prosthetic valve outcomes, encompassing over 100,000 patients. The study addressed a critical question in cardiac surgery: how age and valve type influence outcomes for patients undergoing surgical AVR.

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Management strategies and outcomes in pregnancy-related acute aortic dissection: a multicentre cohort study in China

Heart BMJ

Background Acute aortic dissection (AD) in pregnancy poses a lethal risk to both mother and fetus. This study aimed to investigate clinical features, outcomes and optimal management strategies for pregnancy-related AD. Patient characteristics, management strategies and short-term outcomes were analysed. to 33.09); p=0.001).

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TAVR System Shows Durable Clinical Outcomes, Strong Valve Performance in Low-Risk Aortic Stenosis Patients

DAIC

tim.hodson Mon, 03/31/2025 - 15:39 March 30, 2025 Medtronic has announced late-breaking data on five-year outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk Trial. Two-Year Outcomes of the Five-Year SMART Trial, presented at CRT 2025. Reardon, M.D., Additional findings at five years include: Numerically lower rate of cardiovascular mortality (7.2%

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Surgical and transcatheter aortic valve interventions for aortic stenosis in England: sociodemographic variations in treatment trends and outcome over 20 years

Heart BMJ

The sociodemographic characteristics of patients undergoing intervention for aortic stenosis (AS) in England, and the impact of COVID-19, is unknown. Background Health inequalities in cardiovascular care have been identified in the UK.

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Altshock-2: Early IABP Implantation Does Not Improve Outcomes For HF-CS

American College of Cardiology

Implantation of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) did not improve 60-day survival or bridge to heart replacement (HRT) therapies in patients with heart failure-cardiogenic shock (HF-CS) compared to standard care, according to a study presented during a Featured Clinical Research session at ACC.25

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TAVI Matches SAVR in Lower Risk Aortic Valve Patients: 10 year outcomes

Cardiology Update

The NOTION trial, a pioneering study, sought to compare the long-term clinical and bioprosthesis outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) at lower surgical risk. Severe SVD was defined by specific criteria.

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Management of bicuspid aortic valve disease in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation era

Heart BMJ

In an era of rapidly expanding use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), the management of patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is far less well established than in those with trileaflet anatomy.