Contemporary outcomes of conventional aortic valve replacement in 638 octogenarians: Insights from an italian regional cardiac surgery registry (RERIC)

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1247-1253

  Di Eusanio, Marco ^a   Fortuna, Daniela ^b   Cristell, Donald ^c   Pugliese, Peppino ^d   Nicolini, Francesco ^e   Pacini, Davide ^a   Gabbieri, Davide ^f   Lamarra, Mauro ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Regional Agency for Health and Social Care   (Italy)

^c Salus Hospital   (Italy)

^d Villa Torri Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f HESPERIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Outcome; Valve disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; AGE; AORTA VALVE; EVALUATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865386379     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr204     Document Type: Article

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