Impact of complications on outcomes following aortic and mitral valve replacements in the United States

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-357

  Allareddy, V ^a,c   Ward, Marcia M ^a   Ely, J W ^b   Levett, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Physicians' Clinic of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve, surgery; Mitral valve, surgery; Prosthesis; Treatment, outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEROMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447530379     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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