Long-Term Outcomes After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: A Modern Perspective

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1458-1465

  Thourani, Vinod H ^a   Myung, Richard ^a   Kilgo, Patrick ^b   Thompson, Karen ^a   Puskas, John D ^a   Lattouf, Omar M ^a   Cooper, William A ^a   Vega, J David ^a   Chen, Edward P ^a   Guyton, Robert A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53949119122     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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