Tissue Versus Mechanical Prostheses: Quality of Life in Octogenarians

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1290-1295

  Vicchio, Mariano ^a,b   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a,b   De Santo, Luca Salvatore ^a,b   De Feo, Marisa ^a,b   Caianiello, Giuseppe ^a,b   Scardone, Michelangelo ^a,b   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749124400     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.039     Document Type: Article

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