Bioprosthetic or mechanical heart valves: prosthesis choice for borderline patients?-Results from 9,616 cases recorded in Polish national cardiac surgery registry

In middle-aged patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR), the selection of prosthesis type is a complex process. Current guidelines do not unequivocally indicate the type of prosthesis (bioprosthetic or mechanical) recommended for patients between 60-70 years of age. The aim of the study wa...

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Published in:Journal of thoracic disease 2020-10, Vol.12 (10), p.5869-5878
Main Authors: Bartus, Krzysztof, Litwinowicz, Radosław, Sadowski, Jerzy, Filip, Grzegorz, Kowalewski, Mariusz, Suwalski, Piotr, Mazur, Piotr, Kędziora, Anna, Jasiński, Marek, Deja, Marek, Kuśmierczyk, Mariusz, Czub, Pawel, Zembala, Michal, Jemielity, Marek, Pawlaczyk, Rafał, Tobota, Zdzisław, Maruszewski, Bohdan, Kapelak, Boguslaw
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Summary:In middle-aged patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR), the selection of prosthesis type is a complex process. Current guidelines do not unequivocally indicate the type of prosthesis (bioprosthetic or mechanical) recommended for patients between 60-70 years of age. The aim of the study was to present the trends in AVR prosthesis selection in borderline patients over a 10-year period, based on real-life registry data. The study population comprised of 9,616 consecutive patients aged between 60-70 years, who underwent isolated AVR between 2006 and 2016 in all cardiac surgery departments in Poland. Data were extracted from the Polish National Registry of Cardiac Surgery. Among 27,797 consecutive AVR procedures, patients aged 60-70 years represented 34.6% of the population operated on. From 2006 to 2016, bioprosthetic valves (BVs) were implanted in 53.9% cases, (and) mechanical valves (MVs) in 42.1%. The proportion of different valve types changed in time: from 77.5% of MVs 22.5% of BVs in 2006 to 23.2% of MVs 76.8% of BVs in 2016 (P
ISSN:2072-1439
2077-6624
DOI:10.21037/jtd-19-3586