Which elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis benefit from surgical treatment? An aid to clinical decision making

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 374-381

  Bouma, Berto J ^a   Van Den Brink, Renee B A ^a   Zwinderman, K ^a   Cheriex, Emile C ^a   Hamer, Hans H P ^a   Lie, Kong I ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 5144223200     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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