Surgical correction of mitral regurgitation in the elderly : Outcomes and recent improvements

In the elderly, mitral regurgitation (MR) is frequent, but surgery risks are considered high. Benefits and indications of MR surgery are uncertain in the elderly. Baseline characteristics, outcome, and trends for surgical results improvement were analyzed in elderly patients (> or = 75 years of a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2006-07, Vol.114 (4), p.265-272
Hauptverfasser: DETAINT, Delphine, SUNDT, Thoralf M, NKOMO, Vuyisile T, SCOTT, Christopher G, JAMIL TAJIK, A, SCHAFF, Hartzell V, ENRIQUEZ-SARANO, Maurice
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