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Long-term comparative outcomes between porcine and pericardial bioprostheses for SAVR remain debated, with scarce direct comparative data among contemporary devices.
Do porcine bioprostheses improve long-term freedom from structural valve deterioration compared to pericardial bioprostheses in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement?
Do porcine bioprostheses improve long-term freedom from structural valve deterioration compared to pericardial bioprostheses in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement?
In patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, porcine bioprostheses demonstrated better long-term protection from structural valve deterioration at 10 years compared to pericardial valves, despite a higher risk of patient-prosthesis mismatch.
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Porcine bioprostheses were associated with lower 10-year SVD rates; this Level 3 finding leaves open need for RCTs before changing valve selection.
Anselmi et al. (2025) studied this question. No clinical data is available as the provided text only contains the journal's editorial board information.
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