Aortic valve replacement in the elderly: Risk factors and long-term results

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 793-804

  Tseng, Elaine E ^a   Lee, Chieh A ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a   Stuart, R Scott ^a   Greene, Peter S ^a   Sussman, Marc S ^a   Watkins, Levi ^a   Gardner, Timothy J ^a   Baumgartner, William A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030872780     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199706000-00017     Document Type: Article

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