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Quality of life in sexagenarians after aortic biological vs mechanical valve replacement: A single-center study in China

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery May 17, 2020

Wang LW, Xu N, Huang ST, et al. - Among sexagenarian patients who had aortic biological or mechanical valve replacement, researchers undertook this study to compare quality of life and anxiety between these two groups of patients recruited from a single center in China. They retrospectively studied clinical data of 78 patients aged 60 to 70 years who had aortic prosthetic valve replacement. Participants were assessed by applying SF-36 (The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36) at discharge and at one-year follow-up, and by administering the cardiac anxiety questionnaire (CAQ) at one-year follow-up. Experts noted that at one-year follow-up, the biological valve group vs the mechanical valve group had significantly higher SF-36 scores, and the mechanical valve group demonstrated significantly higher CAQ scores in fear and anxiety, avoidance and attention vs those in the biological valve group. Experts suggested a biological valve as more valuable in comparison with a mechanical valve for sexagenarians undergoing aortic valve replacement, based on the observed postoperative quality of life and anxiety scores of the patients in both groups.

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