Open AccessPredictors of Cerebrovascular Events and Death Among Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
Author(s) -
George W. Petty,
Bijoy K. Khandheria,
Jack P. Whisnant,
JoRean D. Sicks,
W. Michael O’Fallon,
David O. Wiebers
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.11.2628
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , stroke (engine) , valvular heart disease , disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
There is little population-based information on cerebrovascular events and survival among valvular heart disease patients. We used the Kaplan-Meier product-limit method and the Cox proportional hazards model to determine rates and predictors of cerebrovascular events and death among valve disease patients.
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