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Long-term Results of Mechanical and Biological Heart Valves in Dialysis and Non-Dialysis Patients

DOI

29

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2011

Year

Andreas Böning, R. H. Boedeker, Ulrich Rosendahl, Bernd Niemann, S. Haberer, P. Roth, J Ennker
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Abstract

The long-term survival of dialysis-dependent patients after AVR is low (5-year survival: 29.5 %) irrespective of the type of heart valve prosthesis. Therefore, the use of biological AVR is not contraindicated in this group of patients.