Long-term survival, autonomy, and quality of life of elderly patients undergoing aortic valve replacement

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-23

  Oliveira, Sílvia Marta ^a,b   Correia, Ana Sofia ^a,b   Paiva, Mariana ^a,b   Gonçalves, Alexandra ^a,b   Pereira, Marta ^a,b   Alves, Elisabete ^a,b   Dias, Paula ^a,b   Almeida, Rui ^a   Abreu, Armando ^a   Pinho, Paulo ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; BARTHEL INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR CARDIAC OPERATIVE RISK EVALUATION SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT AUTONOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857048053     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01360.x     Document Type: Review

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