Mismatch Results in Poorer Outcomes – Medpage Today

Read article - Cites a study conducted by John Fallon, instructor in surgery, where he found that in cases of severe patient-prosthesis mismatch in surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) patients, the 10-year adjusted overall survival rate was 35 percent compared to a 10-year adjusted overall survival of 46 percent among patients where there was no patient-prosthesis mismatch.