Understanding late nonfatal events after mechanical aortic valve replacement: Importance of definitions and thoroughness of follow-up
Harrison R Herrera, Hartzell V Schaff, Joseph A Dearani, Gabor Bagameri, Kevin L Greason, Austin Todd, Juan A Crestanello · 2026
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Harrison R Herrera and co-authors show in 2026 how follow-up quality warps reported harms after mechanical aortic valve surgery. A group of 558 patients from 2000 to 2023 split into local and referral patients by distance from the center. Bleeding and clot events were counted by chart review and by billing codes. Matched groups of local and distant patients were compared.
Local patients were followed far longer and showed higher raw event rates. Careful time-based math shrank but did not erase the gap. Billing codes stretched the gap wider than chart review did. Distant patients are not safer; they are simply watched less closely.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Harrison R Herrera, Hartzell V Schaff, Joseph A Dearani, Gabor Bagameri, Kevin L Greason, Austin Todd, Juan A Crestanello |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41211 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |