Surgery for aortic regurgitation in women: Contrasting indications and outcomes compared with men

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2472-2478

  Klodas, Elizabeth ^a   Enriquez Sarano, Maurice ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a   Mullany, Charles J ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Seward, James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; prognosis; regurgitation; surgery; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029827109     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.10.2472     Document Type: Article

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