Open AccessLate clinical outcomes after mechanical aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis: old versus new prostheses
Author(s) -
Heemoon Lee,
Kiick Sung,
Wook Sung Kim,
Dong Seop Jeong,
Joonghyun Ahn,
Keumhee C. Carrière,
Pyo Won Park
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.06.03
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , aortic valve replacement , cardiology , mechanical valve , aortic valve , aortic valve stenosis
The study aimed to evaluate the late clinical outcomes of new-generation mechanical valves for severe aortic stenosis (AS) compared with old mechanical valves.