Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: Utility of Risk Stratification With EuroSCORE Sergey Leontyev, MD, Thomas Walther, MD, PhD, Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD, Sven Lehmann, MD, Anne K. Funkat, PhD, Ardawan Rastan, MD, PhD, Jörg Kempfert, MD, Volkmar Falk, MD, PhD, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 5, Pages 1440-1445 (May 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.057 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Long-term survival of the three groups (high surgical risk, ESlog ≥ 20% or greater [crossed squares]; moderate risk, 10% < ESlog < 20% [circles]; low risk, ESlog ≤ 10% [diamonds]) of risk-stratified patients, in comparison with age- and sex-matched general population (con). (ESlog = logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation; con = control.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1440-1445DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.057) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions