References
- Baird R J, Lipton I H, Labrosse C J, et al. An evaluation of the late results of aortic valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1965; 49: 562–573
- Bessone L N, Pupello D F, Hiro S P, Lopez-Cuenca E, Glatterer M S, Jr., Ebra G. Surgical management of aortic valve disease in the elderly: a longitudinal analysis. Ann Thorac Surg 1988; 46: 264–269
- Block P C, Palacios I F. Clinical and hemodynamic follow-up after percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty in the elderly. Am J Cardiol 1988; 62: 760–763
- Borkon A M, Soule L M, Baughman K L, et al. Aortic valve selection in the elderly patient. Ann Thorac Surg 1988; 46: 270–277
- Bretschneider H J, Hübner G, Knoll D, Lohr B, Nordbeck H, Spieckermann P G. Myocardial resistance and tolerance to ischemia: physiological and biochemical basis. J Cardiovasc Surg 1975; 16: 241–260
- Butchart E G, Lewis P A, Kulatilake E NP, Breckenridge I M. Anticoagulation variability between centres: implications for comparative prosthetic valve assessment. Eur J Cardio-Thorac Surg 1988; 2: 72–81
- Clark R E, Edmunds L H, Jr., Cohn L H, Miller D C, Weisel R D. Guidelines for reporting morbidity and mortality after cardiac valvular operations. Eur J Cardio-Thorac Surg 1988; 2: 293–295
- Copeland J G, Griepp R B, Stinson E B, Shumway N E. Isolated aortic valve replacement in patients older than 65 years. JAMA 1977; 237: 1578–1581
- Cox D R. Regression models and life-tables. J R Statist Soc B 1972; 34: 187–220
- Cribier A, Savin T, Saoudi N, Rocha P, Berland J, Letac B. Percutaneous transluminal valvuloplasty of acquired aortic stenosis in elderly patients: an alternative to valve replacement?. Lancet 1986; 1: 63–67
- Dancy M, Dawkins K, Ward D. Balloon dilatation of the aortic valve: limited success and early restenosis. Br Heart J 1988; 60: 236–239
- Delany D J. Aortography. Cardiac catheterization and cardiography, W Grossman. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia 1980; 197–211
- Desnoyers M R, Isner J M, Pandian N G, et al. Clinical and noninvasive hemodynamic results after aortic balloon valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis. Am J Cardol 1988; 62: 1078–1084
- BMDP statistical software, W D Dixon. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 1985
- Grunkemeier G L, Thomas D R, Starr A. Statistical considerations in the analysis and reporting of time-related events. Application to analysis of prosthetic valve-related thromboembolism and pacemaker failure. Am J Cardiol 1977; 39: 257–258
- Hancock E W. Aortic stenosis, angina pectoris, and coronary artery disease. Am Heart J 1977; 93: 382–393
- Leet E T. Statistical methods for survival data analysis. Lifetime Learning Publications, Belmont, California 1980
- Letac B, Cribier A, Koning R, Bellefleur J-P. Results of percutaneous transluminal valvuloplasty in 218 adults with valvular aortic stenosis. Am J Cardiol 1988; 62: 598–605
- Lund O. Preoperative risk evaluation and stratification of long-term survival after valve replacement for aortic stenosis. Reasons for earlier operative intervention. Circulation 1990; 82: 124–139
- Lund O, Nielsen T T, Pilegaard H K, Magnussen K, Knudsen M A. The influence of coronary artery disease and bypass grafting on early and late survival after valve replacement for aortic stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1990; 100: 327–337
- Lund O, Pilegaard H K, Magnussen K, Knudsen M A, Nielsen T T, Albrechtsen O K. Long-term prosthesis-related and sudden cardiac-related complications after valve replacement for aortic stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg 1990; 50: 396–406
- Lund O, Væth M. Prediction of late results following valve replacement in aortic valve stenosis. Seventeen years of follow-up examined with the Cox regression analysis. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987; 35: 295–303
- Lytle B W, Cosgrove D M, Goormastic M, Loop F D. Aortic valve replacement and coronary bypass grafting for patients with aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease: early and late results. Eur Heart J 1988; 9 (Suppl E): 143–147
- Mitchell R S, Miller D C, Stinson E B, et al. Significant patient-related determinants of prosthetic valve performance. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1986; 91: 807–817
- Nishimura R A, Holmes D R, Jr., Reeder G S, et al. Doppler evaluation of results of percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty in calcific aortic stenosis. Circulation 1988; 78: 791–799
- Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project. Incidence of stroke in Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project. Incidence of stroke in Oxfordshire: first year's experience of a community stroke register. Br Med J 1983; 287: 713–717
- Preusse C J, Gebhard M M, Bretschneider H J. Myocardial “equilibration processes” and myocardial energy turnover during initiation of artificial cardiac arrest with cardioplegic solution—reasons for a sufficiently long cardioplegic perfusion. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1981; 29: 71–76
- Romhilt D W, Estes E H, Jr. A point-score system for the ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy. Am Heart J 1968; 75: 752–758
- Søndergaard T, Senn A. Klinische Erfahrungen mit der Kardioplegie nach Bretschneider. Langenbecks Arch Chir 1967; 319: 661–664