Minimally invasive versus sternotomy approach for mitral valve surgery in patients greater than 70 years old: A propensity-matched comparison

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-405

  Holzhey, David M ^a   Shi, William ^a   Borger, Michael A ^a   Seeburger, Joerg ^a   Garbade, Jens ^a   Pfannmller, Bettina ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 78751662104     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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