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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0378-5122 1873-4111 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.06.033 |