Clinical, haemodynamic and angiographic predictors of survival in unoperated patients with aortic stenosis. The VA Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease.
One hundred baseline characteristics obtained at the time of diagnostic catheterization were examined for their prognostic value in 106 patients with unoperated aortic stenosis entered into the VA Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease. A stepwise series of univariate and multivariate survival analyses were used to identify the independently significant prognostic indicators. Measures of the severity of valve stenosis, presence of coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure are the important indicators of survival in unoperated aortic stenosis.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies