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Survival after aneurysm repair using crude, first-generation stent grafts was satisfactory in good operative candidates but bleak in the inoperable cohort, raising the question of whether asymptomatic patients should have even been treated. Late aortic complications were detected in many patients, reemphasizing the importance of serial imaging surveillance.

In young adults undergoing elective isolated mechanical AVR, survival remains suboptimal compared with an age- and gender-matched general population. Furthermore, there is a low but constant hazard of prosthetic valve reintervention after mechanical AVR.

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