Emergency percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty in a nonagenarian

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-186

  Chacko, Sanoj ^a   Mamas, Mamas ^a   Nair, Satheesh ^a   Luckie, Matthew ^a   Hamid, Tahir ^a   Mahadevan, Vaikom ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 58149242742     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02066.x     Document Type: Letter

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