Mechanical aortic valve prostheses offer a survival benefit in 50-65 year olds: AUTHEARTVISIT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present population-based cohort study investigated long-term mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) with bioprosthetic (B) or mechanical aortic valve prostheses (M) in a European social welfare state.

Methods

We analysed patient data from health insurance records covering 98% of the Austrian population between 2010 and 2018. Subsequent patient-level record linkage with national health data provided patient characteristics and clinical outcomes. Further reoperation, myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke were evaluated as secondary outcomes.

Results

A total of 13,993 patients were analysed and the following age groups were examined separately: <50 years (727 patients: 57.77% M, 42.23% B), 50-65 years (2612 patients: 26.88% M, 73

SUBMITTER: Traxler D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature