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Review
. 2000 Jan;83(1):116-21.
doi: 10.1136/heart.83.1.116.

Cardiac valve surgery in the octogenarian

R Prêtre  1 , M I Turina
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Review

Cardiac valve surgery in the octogenarian

R Prêtre et al. Heart. 2000 Jan.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Mortality rates of aortic and mitral valve surgery according to the cumulated risk score. Critical situations include urgent operations (acute aortic dissection, postinfarction ventricular septal defect or papillary muscle avulsion) and necessity to operate within 48 hours after myocardial infarction. AVR, aortic valve replacement; MVR, mitral valve replacement; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; LV, left ventricular. [Table: see text]
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Survival rates of octogenarians with aortic valve stenosis. AV, aortic valve; R, replacement; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft.
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