Surgical Treatment of Active Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis With Allografts and Mechanical Prostheses [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC]

Conclusions
Mechanical prostheses have comparable rates of midterm survival and freedom from recurrent infection. However, this is in combination with extensive excision of destructive tissue in a specific patient subset. Allograft reoperation rates increase with time. The importance of the mechanical prosthesis in NVE might be established in the coming years. (Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery) Go to Source

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