Impact of preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction on long-term survival after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-41

  Goldberg, Joshua B ^a   DeSimone, Joseph P ^a   Kramer, Robert S ^a,b   DiScipio, Anthony W ^a   Russo, Louis ^a,c   Dacey, Lawrence J ^a   Leavitt, Bruce J ^a,d   Helm, Robert E ^a,e   Baribeau, Yvon R ^a,f   Sardella, Gerald ^a,g   Clough, Robert A ^a   Surgenor, Stephen D ^a   Sorensen, Meredith J ^a   Ross, Cathy S ^a,h   Olmstead, Elaine M ^a   MacKenzie, Todd A ^a   Malenka, David J ^a   Likosky, Donald S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^e Portsmouth Regional Hospital   (United States)

^f CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^h EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve replacement; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84873649827     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965772     Document Type: Article

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