Andy Wellsover 1 year ago

Mechanical vs. biologic heart valve replacements

Stanford's Joseph Woo, MD, and other researchers compared the outcomes of patients with a mechanical versus biological prosthesis replacing a heart valve. Their study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in November 2017, found that the benefit of a mechanical replacement for the aortic valve began to disappear when patient reached their 50s. However, the benefit of a mechanical replacement for the mitral valve persisted as patients reached their 60s.