Cause of Death After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: SWEDEHEART Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Prior studies showed that life expectancy in patients who underwent surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) was lower than in the general population. Explanations for this shorter life expectancy are unknown. The aim of this nationwide, observational cohort study was to investigate the cause-specific death following surgical AVR. Methods and Results We included 33 018 patients who underwent primary surgical AVR in Sweden between 1997 and 2018, with or without coronary artery bypass grafting. The SWEDEHEART (Swedish Web-System for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-Based Care in Heart Disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies) register and other national health-data registers were used to obtain and characterize the study cohort and to identify causes of death, ca

SUBMITTER: Glaser N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751948 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature