Is surgery for aortic stenosis justified in patients over 75 years of age?

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-259

  Chocron, S ^a   Etievent, J Ph ^a   Clement, F ^a   Alwan, K ^a   Neidhardt, M ^a   Taberlet, C ^a   Schipman, N ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Aortic stenosis, calcified; Aortic valve replacement

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029991550     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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