Valve surgery in octogenarians: A safe option with good medium-term results

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Chukwuemeka, Andrew ^a   Borger, Michael A ^a   Ivanov, Joan ^a   Armstrong, Susan ^a   Feindel, Christopher M ^a   David, Tirone E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645557907     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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