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Aortic Ballon Valvuloplasty Is Still A Valuable Option For High Risk Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Before Surgery For Hip Fracture

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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 more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000222

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