Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Reoperation of Left Heart Valve Bioprostheses According to Age at Implantation”

Letter by Charitos et al regarding article, "Reoperation of left heart valve bioprostheses according to age at implantation".

Letter by Charitos et al Regarding Article, “Reoperation of Left Heart Valve Bioprostheses According to Age at Implantation” To the Editor: We read with great interest the work of Chan and colleagues1 on the age-stratified incidence of reoperations after left heart biological valve implantation. Results on this area of research were greatly anticipated because previous works in this field were ...

Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease Reoperation of Left Heart Valve Bioprostheses According to Age at Implantation

Background—Evidence supporting the use of bioprostheses for heart valve replacement in young adults is accumulating. However, reoperation data, which may help guide clinical decision making in young patients, remains poorly defined in the literature. Methods and Results—We examined the need for reoperation in 3975 patients who underwent first-time bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) (n...

Reoperation of left heart valve bioprostheses according to age at implantation.

BACKGROUND Evidence supporting the use of bioprostheses for heart valve replacement in young adults is accumulating. However, reoperation data, which may help guide clinical decision making in young patients, remains poorly defined in the literature. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the need for reoperation in 3975 patients who underwent first-time bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) ...

Response to letter regarding article, "Myostatin regulates energy homeostasis in the heart and prevents heart failure".

Response to letter regarding article, "Clinical impact of persistent left bundle-branch block after transcatheter aortic valve implantation with CoreValve revalving system".

BACKGROUND Conduction disturbances are relatively common after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Previous data demonstrated an adverse impact of persistent left bundle-branch block (LBBB) after surgical aortic valve replacement. It is unclear whether new-onset LBBB may also impact the prognosis of patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. METHODS AND RESULTS Among 1060 pa...