Quality of life after aortic valve replacement at the age of >80 years

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2000, Pages

  Sundt, Thoralf M ^a,b   Bailey, Marci S ^a   Moon, Marc R ^a   Mendeloff, Eric N ^a   Huddleston, Charles B ^a   Pasque, Michael K ^a   Barner, Hendrick B ^a   Gay Jr, William A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cost benefit analysis; Surgery; Valves

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034619560     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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