Assessing the benefit of biological valve prostheses: Cumulative incidence (actual) vs. Kaplan-Meier (actuarial) analysis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 710-714

  Kaempchen, S ^a   Guenther, T ^a   Toschke, M ^b   Grunkemeier, G L ^c   Wottke, M ^a   Lange, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual analysis; Competing risks; Cumulative incidence; Freedom from reoperation; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038335916     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00081-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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