Preoperative heart failure in the Medicare population undergoing mitral valve repair and replacement: An opportunity for improvement

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1393-1399

  Vassileva, Christina M ^a   Ghazanfari, Naseem ^a   Markwell, Stephen ^a   Boley, Theresa ^a   Hazelrigg, Stephen ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; COMPLICATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908247269     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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