Sex differences in procedure selection and outcomes of patients undergoing mitral valve surgery

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Vassileva, Christina M ^a   Stelle, Lacey M ^a   Markwell, Steve ^a   Boley, Theresa ^a   Hazelrigg, Stephen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054832676     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: 15226662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20111030     Document Type: Article

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