Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Increases Early and Late Mortality in Low Risk Aortic Valve Replacement

• Published in: Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 23 - 30
• Main Authors: Elmahdy, Walid, Osman, Mohamed, Farag, Mohamed, Shoaib, Ahmad, Saad, Haisam, Sullivan, Keith, Krishnan, Unni, Nashef, Samer, Berman, Marius
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Aortic valve; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Mortality; PPM; Risk; Small annulus; Small annulus; BSA; EOAI; Mortality; EOA; TAVI; Risk; PPM; Aortic valve; AVR

The concept of prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) has gained much attention since first described 40 years ago. Previous studies have shown conflicting evidence regarding increased early and late morbidity and mortality with PPM after aortic valve replacement (AVR). The aim of this study was to evalu...