Carlo Rostagno Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Gender, Heart failure, Prognosis, Functional evaluation
Dipartimento Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universit
Rostagno C, Gensini GF (2013) Do Gender Related Differences Exist in Patients with Heart Failure Referred to a Division of Internal Medicine?. Int J Cardiovasc Res 2:6. doi:10.4172/2324-8602.1000152.
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Author(s): Carlo Rostagno, Alessandro Cartei, Roberto Buzzi and Gennaro Santoro
Aortic Ballon Valvuloplasty is still a Valuable Option for High Risk Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis before Surgery for Hip Fracture
Early treatment of hip fracture in the elderly has been reported to increase long-term survival and favor functional recovery. Comorbidities are common in this population and may negatively affect survival after surgery. Severe aortic stenosis has been reported in 5-10% of patients with hip fracture. Patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction and subject with other severe comorbidities are at particular high risk when they need to undergo major non cardiac surgery. In aortic stenosis hip surgery, a high bleeding risk condition, 9 a, may be... view moreĀ»