August 21, 2012Circulation154 citationsOpen Access
View Full PaperLong-Term Survival After Aortic Valve Replacement Among High-Risk Elderly Patients in the United States
Structured PICO
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Population
High-risk elderly patients in the United States
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Intervention
Surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR)
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Outcome
Long-term survivalhard clinical
Surgical AVR offers excellent long-term survival in elderly patients, though high STS risk and specific comorbidities predict poorer outcomes.
Abstract
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.