Decision-making in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis: why are so many denied surgery?
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Decision-making in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis: why are so many denied surgery?
AIMS To analyse decision-making in elderly patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS). METHODS AND RESULTS In the Euro Heart Survey on valvular heart disease, 216 patients aged > or =75 had severe AS (valve area < or =0.6 cm(2)/m(2) body surface area or mean gradient > or =50 mmHg) and angina or New York Heart Association class III or IV. Patient characteristics were analysed acco...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1522-9645,0195-668X
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi471