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March 6, 2008European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Guidelines for reporting mortality and morbidity after cardiac valve interventions

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Population

Adult and pediatric patients undergoing treatment of any of the four cardiac valves

Design

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Authors

CACary W. AkinsCreighton UniversityDMD. Craig MillerUniversity of Arkansas at Little RockMTMarko TurinaHeart Failure / Cardiomyopathy

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Implication

Standardizes valve intervention endpoint reporting; extends prior consensus definitions to enable consistent comparisons across surgical and transcatheter therapies.

Structured PICO

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Population
Adult and pediatric patients undergoing treatment of any of the four cardiac valves
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Intervention
Cardiac valve interventions (conventional open operation, minimally invasive surgical procedure, or percutaneous interventional catheter techniques)

Standardizes the definitions of clinical endpoints for cardiac valve interventions to ensure consistent reporting and facilitate comparison across surgical and transcatheter therapies.

Cite This Study

Akins et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e3e70bf2fd941fe8f4709https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.12.055

Topics

Valvular heart disease
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