Long-term survival of patients undergoing mitral valve repair and replacement: A longitudinal analysis of medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1870-1876

  Vassileva, Christina M ^a   Mishkel, Gregory ^b   McNeely, Christian ^a   Boley, Theresa ^a   Markwell, Stephen ^a   Scaife, Steven ^a   Hazelrigg, Stephen ^a  

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

^b Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; mitral valve; outcomes research; surgery; valve repair

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; MITRAL VALVE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SURGERY; VALVE REPAIR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877271704     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002200     Document Type: Article

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