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December 28, 2011Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Long-Term Survival, Autonomy, and Quality of Life of Elderly Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement

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Why the study?

Does aortic valve replacement improve survival, autonomy, and quality of life in patients ≥75 years old?

Population

114 patients ≥75 years old undergoing aortic valve replacement, mean age 78.5 ± 2.5 years, 59.8% female.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

mean 47.2 ± 23.4 months

Authors

SOSílvia Marta OliveiraDoho UniversityACAna Sofia CorreiaUniversidade do PortoMPMariana PaivaUniversidade Nove de Julho

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Implication

AVR yields encouraging outcomes in selected elderly patients; extends observational data but leaves open need for randomized confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does aortic valve replacement improve survival, autonomy, and quality of life in patients ≥75 years old?

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Population
114 patients ≥75 years old undergoing aortic valve replacement, mean age 78.5 ± 2.5 years, 59.8% female.
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Intervention
Aortic valve replacement (AVR)
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Outcome
Long-term survival, autonomy (assessed via Barthel Index), and quality of life (self-perception of well-being)hard clinical

Aortic valve replacement in appropriately selected elderly patients (≥75 years) yields excellent medium-term survival while preserving autonomy and improving quality of life.

Cite This Study

Oliveira et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9684fcda4ae31144f6a1a1https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01360.x
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