Excellent early and late outcomes of aortic valve replacement in people aged 80 and older

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-261

  Filsoufi, Farzan ^a   Rahmanian, Parwis B ^a   Castillo, Javier G ^a   Chikwe, Joanna ^a   Silvay, George ^a   Adams, David H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Morbidity; Mortality; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549143638     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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