Surgical AVR offers excellent long-term survival in elderly patients, though high STS risk and specific comorbidities predict poorer outcomes.
May aid preoperative counseling for high-risk elderly surgical AVR patients; extends observational survival data but leaves prospective validation open.
Long-term survival after surgical AVR in the elderly is excellent, although patients with a high Society of Thoracic Surgeons perioperative risk of mortality and those with certain comorbidities carry a particularly poor long-term prognosis.
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