Antonio Piperata, Alessandro Fiocco, Andrea Cavicchiolo, Matteo Ponzoni, Rita Pesce, Marco Gemelli, Giuseppe Evangelista, Elisa Gastino, Sara Michelotti, Enzo Mazzaro, Luigi Garufi, Ruggero DePaulis, Luca Zanella, Matteo Nadali, Domenico Mangino, Giulia Lorenzoni, Dario Gregori, Vjola Jorgji, Gino Gerosa, Tomaso Bottio
OBJECTIVES: The goal of this multicentre retrospective study was to compare long-term clinical and haemodynamic outcomes of the Carpentier-Edwards Magna Ease (CEME) bioprosthesis by patient age. METHODS: We included consecutive patients who underwent isolated and combined surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) with CEME valve between January 2008 and March 2020 at 4 cardiac surgery centres in Italy. Survival distribution was evaluated at follow-up according to age and surgery type (combined or isolated AVR), together with freedom from structural valve deterioration (SVD), reoperation and combined events, i...
December 28, 2021: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery