Long-Term Survival of Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement | Zendy

Christina M. Vassileva | Zendy; Gregory Mishkel | Zendy; Christian McNeely | Zendy; Theresa M. Boley | Zendy; Stephen Markwell | Zendy; Steven Scaife | Zendy; Stephen R. Hazelrigg | Zendy

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Long-Term Survival of Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement

Author(s) -

Christina M. Vassileva,

Gregory Mishkel,

Christian McNeely,

Theresa M. Boley,

Stephen Markwell,

Steven Scaife,

Stephen R. Hazelrigg

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.002200

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , mitral valve repair , surgery , mitral valve , mitral valve replacement , valve replacement , population , cardiology , survival analysis , environmental health , stenosis

Despite the established superiority of mitral repair over replacement, its adoption in the treatment of elderly patients has not been uniform, partly because of a lack of robust long-term survival data. We present the long-term survival of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries undergoing mitral valve repair and replacement over a 10-year period.

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