PMID- 10064345
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990324
LR  - 20161026
IS  - 0021-9509 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9509 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 6 Suppl 1
DP  - 1996 Dec
TI  - Aortic stenosis in the elderly: result of aortic valve replacement.
PG  - 33-5
AB  - Forty-six patients, 24 male and 22 females, with a mean age of 78.4 years (range 
      75 to 88) underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) for severe calcific aortic 
      stenosis during a five year period. Twenty-six patients (56.5%) had combined 
      aortic valve replacement/coronary artery bypass (AVR/CABG) procedures. Bovine 
      pericardial or porcine bioprostheses were used in 47.8% of cases. The mean length 
      of stay in the intensive care unit was 2.9 days (range 2-13) with a mean hospital 
      stay of 12.6 days (range 6-41). Operative mortality rate was 6.5% (3 patients), 
      all in the AVR/CABG group. Complications included pneumonia (8.7%), stroke 
      (6.5%), and complete heart block requiring pacemaker insertion (6.5%). Follow-up 
      of survivors from 11-69 months (mean 34.6) shows 92.9% survival, with 87.2% in 
      New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class I and II. Aortic valve replacement in the 
      elderly population has an acceptable mortality rate and is associated with 
      significantly improved quality of life over the intermediate term.
FAU - Morell, V O
AU  - Morell VO
AD  - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, University of 
      Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA.
FAU - Daggett, W M
AU  - Daggett WM
FAU - Pezzella, A T
AU  - Pezzella AT
FAU - Moran, J M
AU  - Moran JM
FAU - Bitran, D
AU  - Bitran D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Italy
TA  - J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)
JT  - The Journal of cardiovascular surgery
JID - 0066127
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aortic Valve Stenosis/mortality/*surgery
MH  - *Bioprosthesis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Coronary Artery Bypass
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - *Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/mortality/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Male
MH  - Postoperative Complications/epidemiology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Survival Rate
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 1996/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1999/03/04 00:01
CRDT- 1996/12/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/03/04 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/12/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1996 Dec;37(6 Suppl 1):33-5.