TY - JOUR
T1 - Females do not have increased risk of early or late mortality after isolated aortic valve replacement: results from a multi-institutional Australian study
AU - Saxena, Akshat
AU - Dinh, Diem Thi Thuy
AU - Smith, Julian Anderson
AU - Reid, Christopher Michael
AU - Shardey, Gilbert
AU - Newcomb, Andrew
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - There is controversy regarding whether isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) in women is associated with an increased risk of early and late mortality. The current study evaluates the impact of gender as an independent risk factor for early and late mortality after isolated AVR.
Methods: Data obtained between June 2001 and December 2009 by the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Cardiac Surgery Database Program was retrospectively analysed. Demographic, operative data and postoperative complications were compared between male and female patients using ?2 and t-tests. Long-term survival analysis was performed using Kaplan Meier survival curves and the log rank test. Independent risk factors for short term and long term mortality were identified using binary logistic and Cox regression, respectively.
Results: Isolated aortic valve replacement was undertaken for 2790 patients in 18 Australian insitutions; 41.9 were female. Female patients were generally older (mean age 72 vs. 66 years (P
AB - There is controversy regarding whether isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) in women is associated with an increased risk of early and late mortality. The current study evaluates the impact of gender as an independent risk factor for early and late mortality after isolated AVR.
Methods: Data obtained between June 2001 and December 2009 by the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Cardiac Surgery Database Program was retrospectively analysed. Demographic, operative data and postoperative complications were compared between male and female patients using ?2 and t-tests. Long-term survival analysis was performed using Kaplan Meier survival curves and the log rank test. Independent risk factors for short term and long term mortality were identified using binary logistic and Cox regression, respectively.
Results: Isolated aortic valve replacement was undertaken for 2790 patients in 18 Australian insitutions; 41.9 were female. Female patients were generally older (mean age 72 vs. 66 years (P
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23172376
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9509
VL - 54
SP - 297
EP - 303
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 2
ER -