Mechanical Versus Bioprosthetic Heart Valves in Hemodialysis Patients

This Korean nationwide database study examined prosthetic valve selection in 765 hemodialysis patients undergoing first-time valve replacement between 2003 and 2018. Using inverse probability treatment weighting to adjust for baseline differences between bioprosthetic (BP, n=421) and mechanical (MP, n=344) valve recipients, the authors found comparable early outcomes and late mortality between groups across all age subgroups (