Is the St. Jude Medical mechanical valve an appropriate choice for elderly patients?: A long-term retrospective study measuring quality of life

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-66

  Accola, Kevin D ^a   Scott, Meredith L ^a   Spector, S David ^a   Thompson, Paul A ^a   Palmer, George J ^a   Sand, Mark E ^a   Suarez Cavalier, Jorge E ^a   Ebra, George ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31844439378     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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