Why the study?
Does prosthetic replacement improve outcomes in patients with aortic valvular disease?
Population
115 patients with aortic valvular disease presenting for operative correction
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Early prosthetic aortic valve replacement may avert myocardial failure deaths; case reports leave open need for controlled outcome comparisons.
Does prosthetic replacement improve outcomes in patients with aortic valvular disease?
Prosthetic replacement for aortic valvular disease is effective with low technical operative mortality, highlighting the importance of surgical correction before the onset of myocardial failure.
Kay et al. (1963) studied this question.
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