Mitral Valve Replacement Versus Repair: Propensity-Adjusted Survival and Quality-of-Life Analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 451-458

  Jokinen, Janne J ^a   Hippeläinen, Mikko J ^b   Pitkänen, Otto A ^b   Hartikainen, Juha E K ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447557721     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.058     Document Type: Article

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