Improved Outcomes After Aortic Valve Surgery for Chronic Aortic Regurgitation With Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1465-1471

  Bhudia, Sunil K ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Kumpati, Ganesh S ^a   Helou, Joe ^a   Hoercher, Katherine J ^a   Rajeswaran, Jeevanantham ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33947597852     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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