Impact of pre-existing comorbidities on outcomes of patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement – rationale and design of the international IMPACT registry

Abstract Background Degenerative aortic valve disease accounts for 10–20% of all cardiac surgical procedures. The impact of pre-existing comorbidities on the outcome of patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) needs further research. Methods The IMPACT registry is a non-intervent...

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Main Authors: Farhad Bakhtiary, Ali El-Sayed Ahmad, Rüdiger Autschbach, Peter Benedikt, Nikolaos Bonaros, Michael Borger, Oliver Dewald, Richard Feyrer, Hans-Joachim Geißler, Jürg Grünenfelder, Ka Yan Lam, Rainer Leyh, Andreas Liebold, Markus Czesla, Arash Mehdiani, Francesco Pollari, Saad Salamate, Justus Strauch, Andreas Vötsch, Alberto Weber, Daniel Wendt, Beate Botta, Peter Bramlage, Andreas Zierer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01434-w