Aortic valve replacement: Mortality predictions of surgeons versus risk model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Bakaeen, Faisal G ^a,b,c   Chu, Danny ^a,b,c   De La Cruz, Kim I ^a   Gopaldas, Raja R ^a   Sansgiry, Shubhada ^b   Huh, Joseph ^a,c   Lemaire, Scott A ^a,c   Berger, David H ^b   Coselli, Joseph S ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic valve replacement; morbidity; mortality; outcomes; risk model; veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATIFICATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955923484     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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