Treatment and outcomes of severe cardiac disease with surgical indication in very old patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Martínez Sellés, Manuel ^a   Hortal, Javier ^a   Barrio, Jose María ^a   Ruiz, Manuel ^a   Bueno, Héctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve replacement; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery disease; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34249340408     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.06.057     Document Type: Article

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