The benefits of early valve replacement in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-315

  Brown, Morgan L ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a   Scott, Christopher G ^a   Mullany, Charles J ^a   Sundt, Thoralf M ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Daly, Richard C ^a   Orszulak, Thomas A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649095954     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.058     Document Type: Article

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