Are initial valve operations in octogenarians still high-risk in the current era?

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Ngaage, Dumbor L ^a   Cowen, Michael E ^a   Griffin, Steven ^a   Guvendik, Levant ^a   Cale, Alexander R ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50549098926     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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