Early and late results of isolated and combined heart valve surgery in patients <80 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1500-1503

  Unic, Daniel ^b   Leacche, Marzia ^b   Paul, Subroto ^b   Rawn, James D ^b   Aranki, Sary F ^b   Couper, Gregory S ^b   Mihaljevic, Tomislav ^b   Rizzo, Robert J ^b   Cohn, Lawrence H ^b   O'Gara, Patrick T ^b   Byrne, John G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444438651     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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