Determinants in treatment decision-making in older patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis

Highlights • Little is known about how Heart Team treatment decisions among patients with aortic valve stenosis are made under routine conditions. • The assessment of frailty is of paramount importance to guide patient-centred clinical decision-making in elderly patients with AVS. • Comorbidities, f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Maturitas 2015-09, Vol.82 (1), p.128-133
Hauptverfasser: Boureau, A.S, Trochu, J.N, Colliard, C, Volteau, C, Jaafar, P, Manigold, T, Le Tourneau, T, Berrut, G, de Decker, L
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Little is known about how Heart Team treatment decisions among patients with aortic valve stenosis are made under routine conditions. • The assessment of frailty is of paramount importance to guide patient-centred clinical decision-making in elderly patients with AVS. • Comorbidities, functional status and physical performance, were significantly associated with the consensual treatment decision-making.
ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.06.033