Population
230 patients over 75 years old who had undergone surgery for aortic stenosis, mean age 83.4 years, 53% male.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 4.51 years
Authors
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In elderly aortic valve surgery patients, ischemia time, EF, and prior stroke aid risk stratification; leaves open whether modifying these improves survival.
Aortic valve surgery in patients over 75 years old carries a high immediate surgical risk but provides acceptable medium-term survival, with worse prognosis when associated with coronary artery disease.
Tagliari et al. (2012) studied this question.
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