Is an age of 80 years or greater an important predictor of short-term outcomes of isolated aortic valve replacement in Veterans?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 769-774

  Bakaeen, Faisal G ^a,b,c   Chu, Danny ^a,b,c   Huh, Joseph ^a,b,c   Carabello, Blase A ^a,b  

^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMA; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; AORTA VALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956154769     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.066     Document Type: Article

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