Why the study?
Does moderate-to-severe valvular heart disease increase the risk of mortality and unplanned hospitalizations in subjects aged 80 and older?
Does moderate-to-severe valvular heart disease increase the risk of mortality and unplanned hospitalizations in subjects aged 80 and older?
Moderate-to-severe valvular heart disease is a significant, independent predictor of mortality and hospitalization in the very elderly (≥80 years).
May refine prognosis in octogenarians; leaves open whether interventions improve outcomes.
A high prevalence of moderate-to-severe VHD was found in the very old. Moderate-to-severe VHD was identified as an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and as well for unplanned hospitalizations, independent of other structural cardiac abnormalities, ventricular function and major co-morbidities.
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