Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of Bristol ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.

Background Mitral valve repair (MVr) is the gold standard treatment for degenerative ... unclear if allocation sequence was concealed, open-label design, 61% of patients had AF documented ...