The Impact of Mitral Disease Etiology on Operative Mortality Following Mitral Valve Operations.

CONCLUSIONS: Mortality following mitral operations is determined primarily by standard clinical risk factors; mitral etiology does not appear to add independent predictive value.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - May 16, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Rankin JS, Grau-Sepulveda M, Shahian DM, Gillinov AM, Suri R, Gammie JS, Bolling SF, McCarthy PM, Thourani VH, Ad N, O'Brien SM, Jacobs JP, Badhwar V Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research