Conventional aortic valve replacement for high-risk aortic stenosis patients not suitable for trans-catheter aortic valve implantation: Feasibility and outcome

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 743-748

  Dimarakis, Ioannis ^a   Rehman, Syed M ^a   Grant, Stuart W ^a   Saravanan, Duraisamy M T ^a   Levy, Richard D ^a   Bridgewater, Ben ^a   Kadir, Isaac ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve; Surgery; Trans catheter valve

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051571497     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.036     Document Type: Article

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