Operative risks and survival in veterans with severe aortic stenosis: Surgery versus medical therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 866-872

  Chitsaz, Sam ^a   Jaussaud, Nicolas ^a   Chau, Edward ^a   Yan, Kimberly S ^a   Azadani, Ali N ^a   Ratcliffe, Mark B ^a   Tseng, Elaine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 80052784613     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.028     Document Type: Article

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