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2. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement - Wikipedia

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   The durability of transcatheter prostheses, in terms of all-cause mortality and the need of re-intervention, was not reliably known as of 2021 due to the lack of long-term follow-up data. A narrative review published in 2021 reported that a 2015 study involving simulation on first-generation prostheses suggested a TAVI durability limited to 7 ...

3. Aortic valve replacement - Wikipedia

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   Their durability is long life, while tissue valves can last for up to 15–20 years. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 13 ] Since the risk of blood clots forming is higher with mechanical valves than with tissue valves, patients with mechanical heart valves are required to take anticoagulant (blood-thinning) drugs, such as warfarin , long-life, making them more ...

4. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   CABG is the best procedure to reduce mortality from severe CAD and improve quality of life. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] : 153 Operative mortality strongly relates to the patient's age. According to a study by Eagle et al ., patients 50–59 years old have an operative mortality rate of 1.8%, while patients older than 80 have a rate of 8.3%. [ 33 ]

5. The U.S. has the widest health span-lifespan gap - AOL

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   The average life expectancy in the U.S. is 77.5 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Americans outlive their health spans by 12.4 years, the study found. It’s ...

6. Retired Oregon legislator Peter Courtney marvels over life ...

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   The tension was off the charts in his last few sessions as he watched the bipartisanship he helped create disintegrate. Courtney retired after the 2022 session as the longest-serving legislator ...

7. US life expectancy has rebounded closer to pre-pandemic levels

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   Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drop. After falling 2.4 years between ...