Prospective cohort study of characteristics and sex differences in elderly patients with degenerative valvular disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to describe the characteristics and to compare the sex differences in the clinical features and prognosis of Chinese elderly patients with senile degenerative valvular heart disease (VHD).

Design

This study was a nationwide, multicentre, prospective cohort study.

Setting

Participants were enrolled consecutively from 69 hospitals nationwide in China from September to December 2016.

Participants

A total of 2728 patients aged ≥60 years old with an aetiological diagnosis of moderate to severe degenerative VHD as defined by echocardiography were recruited.

Main outcome measures

The baseline data and 1-year follow-up data were collected, and disease distribution, clinical features, treatment and prognosis were compared between different sex

SUBMITTER: Qi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9389103 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature