Left ventricular mass index in aortic valve surgery: A new index for early valve replacement?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 696-702

  Fuster, Rafael García ^a,b   Argudo, José A Montero ^a   Albarova, Oscar Gil ^a   Sos, Fernando Hornero ^a   López, Sergio Cánovas ^a   Sorlí, Ma José Dalmau ^a   Codoñer, María Bueno ^a   Miñano, José A Buendía ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; In hospital mortality; Ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CALCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037660216     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00092-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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