Pericardial Versus Porcine Valves for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

There still are controversies on which type between bovine pericardial and porcine valves is superior in the setting of aortic valve replacement (AVR). This study aims to compare clinical outcomes of AVR using between pericardial or porcine valves.

Methods

The study involved consecutive 636 patients underwent isolated AVR using stented bioprosthetic valves between January 2000 and May 2016. Of these, pericardial and porcine valves were implanted in 410 (pericardial group) and 226 patients (porcine group), respectively. Clinical outcomes including survival, structural valve deterioration (SVD) and trans-valvular pressure gradient were compared between the groups. To adjust for potential selection bias, inverse probability treatment weighting (IPTW) w

SUBMITTER: Shin HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8819572 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature