Is Mitral Valve Repair Superior to Mitral Valve Replacement in Elderly Patients? Comparison of Short‐ and Long‐Term Outcomes in a Propensity‐Matched Cohort

BACKGROUND: Because of demographic changes, a growing number of elderly patients present with mitral valve (MV) disease. Although mitral valve repair (MV‐repair) is the “gold standard” treatment for MV disease, in elderly patients, there is controversy about whether MV‐repair is superior to mitral v...

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Autores principales: Silaschi, Miriam, Chaubey, Sanjay, Aldalati, Omar, Khan, Habib, Uzzaman, Mohammed Mohsin, Singh, Mrinal, Baghai, Max, Deshpande, Ranjit, Wendler, Olaf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27468927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003605

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