“This approval allows European clinicians to maintain patients on a lower dose of anticoagulant, which has been shown in a multicenter clinical trial (PROACT: Prospective On-X Anticoagulation Clinical ...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thousands of Americans with On-X® Aortic Heart Valves may be able to reduce their regular blood-thinning medication regimen, thanks to an expanded labeling claim just ...
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S ...
The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery must be done for blood flow to resume like normal, delivering oxygen ...
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Long-term survival rates are about two-thirds higher for patients in their 50s who undergo aortic-valve replacement with mechanical prostheses compared with bioprostheses, a ...
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Mechanical aortic valves showed improved long-term survival in patients aged 60 and younger
A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...
Irreparable failure of the aortic valve occurs in some patients. This requires a type of cardiac surgery called aortic valve replacement in which a healthy functioning valve is used to replace the ...
According to the American Heart Association, valvular heart disease affects about 2.5% of adults in the United States, and ...
LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage, ...
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