Survival in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis is dramatically improved by aortic valve replacement: results from a cohort of 277 patients aged ≥80 years☆ | Zendy

Padmini Varadarajan | Zendy; Nikhil Kapoor | Zendy; Ramesh C. Bansal | Zendy; R PAI | Zendy

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Survival in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis is dramatically improved by aortic valve replacement: results from a cohort of 277 patients aged ≥80 years☆

Author(s) -

Padmini Varadarajan,

Nikhil Kapoor,

Ramesh C. Bansal,

R PAI

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.07.028

Subject(s) - medicine , aortic valve replacement , cohort , stenosis , hazard ratio , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , aortic valve , aortic valve stenosis , surgery , confidence interval , endocrinology

Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is a disease of the elderly. However, there is reluctance to offer aortic valve replacement (AVR) for elderly patients with severe AS. We investigated if AVR confers a survival benefit in elderly patients with severe AS.

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