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Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index for Early Mortality after Aortic Valve Replacement

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Emiliano Angeloni*, Giovanni Melina, Simone Refice, Antonino Roscitano, Fabio Capuano, Cosimo Comito and Riccardo Sinatra

 Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index for Early Mortality after Aortic Valve Replacement

Background: The availability of new techniques and an aging patient population are the main issues which drive careful patient selection for aortic valve replacement (AVR). The widely used EuroSCORE has been recently reported to be unreliable for aortic valve surgery. In these settings, a simple clinical tool for assessing the surgical risk would enable more accurate decision-maki... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000220

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