Journal article
Prognosis after surgical replacement with a bioprosthetic aortic valve in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis: systematic review of observational studies
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of survival, stroke, atrial fibrillation, structural valve deterioration, and length of hospital stay after surgical replacement of an aortic valve (SAVR) with a bioprosthetic valve in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis.
DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Authors
Foroutan F; Guyatt GH; O'Brien K; Bain E; Stein M; Bhagra S; Sit D; Kamran R; Chang Y; Devji T
Journal
The BMJ, Vol. 354, ,
Publisher
BMJ
DOI
10.1136/bmj.i5065
ISSN
0959-8138