Transapical aortic valve replacement in extreme-risk patients: Outcome, risk factors and mid-term results

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 978-985

  Ferrari, Enrico ^a   Namasivayam, Jegaruban ^a   Marcucci, Carlo ^a   Gronchi, Fabrizio ^a   Berdajs, Denis ^a   Niclauss, Lars ^a   Von segesser, Ludwig Karl ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; High risk patients; Transapical aortic valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR STENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STERNOTOMY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875596798     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs458     Document Type: Article

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