| Autor: |
Stefano, Urso, Rafael, Sadaba, Manuel, Vives, Sergio, Beltrame, John, Trujillo, Gonzalo, Aldamiz-Echevarria |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Medicina clinica. 133(11) |
| ISSN: |
0025-7753 |
| Popis: |
The aim of the study was to compare the quality of life of elderly patients undergoing aortic valve replacement with that of a reference group.A total of 163 patients aged 75 years who underwent aortic valve replacement were analyzed. Quality of life was evaluated by the Short Form Health Survey test 12 (SF-12). The median follow-up period was 37.4 months. Quality of life follow-up was complete at 95.6% of mid-term survivors. Quality of life data was compared with published data of a sample of the Spanish population (n.1312) of the same age and same sex.Overall 30-day mortality was 7.4%. The mean SF-12 physical component score and SF-12 mental component score of the study population were 44,69 and 49,88 for woman and 47,38 and 56,19 for men, respectively. Our sample population showed a post operative quality of live comparable with that of the general population.Elderly patients who are candidates to aortic valve replacement represent a high risk population. Nevertheless, the quality of life achieved post-operatively is comparable with that of the general population. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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