Special Report: 26-Year Durability of a Bioprosthesis Implanted in a 21-Year-Old Patient

The choice of prosthetic heart valve type is largely dependent upon patient's age at implantation and on what, in his eyes, seems more pertinent: avoidance of complications associated with anticoagulation of mechanical valves or structural valve deterioration of bioprosthetic valves. Long lasti...

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Autores principales: Holst, Torulv, Reichert, Josef, Haldenwang, Peter, Moustafine, Vadim, Bechtel, Matthias, Strauch, Justus, Knipp, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4360689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25798348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1364323
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Sumario:The choice of prosthetic heart valve type is largely dependent upon patient's age at implantation and on what, in his eyes, seems more pertinent: avoidance of complications associated with anticoagulation of mechanical valves or structural valve deterioration of bioprosthetic valves. Long lasting and new promising concepts such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation are promoting the use of bioprosthesis even in younger patients. However, it is up to the individual patient to decide.

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