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2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 133; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0022-5223(07)00163-8

ISSN

1097-685X

Autores

Shafie Fazel, Albert Starr, Gary L. Grunkemeier, YingXing Wu, Ruyun Jin, Guangqiang Gao, Alan J. Bryan, Chris Rogers, Kate Bayliss, Jan Wild, Gianni D. Angelini, Daniel Bainbridge, Davy Cheng, Janet Martin, Richard J. Novick, David L.S. Morales, William J. Dreyer, Susan W. Denfield, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Daniel Graves, Jack F. Price, Jeffrey A. Towbin, O.H. Frazier, Denton Cooley, Charles D. Fraser, Petros V. Anagnostopoulos, Anthony Azakie, Shobha Natarajan, Nelson Alphonso, Michael A. Brook, Tom R. Karl, San Francisco, Barry D. Kussman, Kimberlee Gauvreau, James A. DiNardo, Jane W. Newburger, Andrew S. Mackie, Karen Booth, Pedro J. del Nido, Stephen J. Roth, Peter C. Laussen, Anand Iyer, Krishnamanohar Somanrema, Sameet Pathak, Prashant Manjunath, Suraj Pradhan, Shyam Krishnan, Catherine K. Allan, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Melvin C. Almodovar, Harry Seifert, David M. Howard, Jeffrey H. Silber, David R. Jobes, Matthew Harris, Tiffanie R. Johnson, Paul M. Weinberg, Mark A. Fogel, Tanveer Khan, Cesario Bianchi, Marc Ruel, Jun Feng, Frank W. Sellke,

Resumo

On the basis of the economic concept of the value of a statistical life, we sought to determine the value of aortic valve replacement.Mean net value decreases according to age at surgery, but the return on the investment is enormous for patients of all ages, even very elderly patients.

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