Valve replacement in octogenarians: Arguments for an earlier surgical intervention

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Piper, Cornelia ^a   Hering, Detlev ^a   Kleikamp, Georg ^a   Körfer, Reiner ^a   Horstkotte, Dieter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 68949180039     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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