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This study aims to compare mortality and other outcomes by prosthesis type for patients aged 50\u201370 years who received SAVR in a well-characterized Australian cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were prospectively collected at the time of heart valve surgery and linked administrative outcome data. This analysis includes all patients aged 50\u201370 years who had SAVR in Western Australian public hospitals between 2010 and 2020. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality. Secondary endpoints were cardiovascular mortality, separately and combined with admission for either non-fatal myocardial infarction or for non-fatal stroke (MACE), major bleeding, and days alive and out of hospital (DAOH). Outcomes, categorized by prosthesis type (mechanical or bioprosthetic), were compared using propensity matching. Within the initial cohort of 706 patients undergoing SAVR (mean age 62.5 years, SD 6), propensity score matching identified 149 patients each with mechanical or bioprosthetic valves. After adjustment, patients who received mechanical valves had lower all-cause mortality [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 0.51; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.27\u20130.98; P = 0.04] and MACE (aHR 0.53; 95% CI 0.30\u20130.95; P = 0.03) during median follow-up of 3.6 years. Mechanical valves were associated with increased risk of major bleeding (aHR3.40; 95% CI 1.32\u20138.77; P = 0.01). There was no difference in risk of cardiovascular mortality, admissions for non-fatal MI, non-fatal stroke, or DAOH by prosthesis type.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients aged 50\u201370 years who underwent mechanical valve SAVR had lower risk of all-cause mortality and MACE compared with those who received a bioprosthesis, despite higher bleeding risk. 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