[Outcomes of elderly patients admitted to hospital due to severe aortic stenosis and rejected for surgical intervention].

Introduction: The natural outcome of untreated severe symptomatic aortic stenosis in the elderly patient is extremely poor. In this analysis we studied the clinical, ultrasound and analytical variables, that could be associated with the vital prognosis in this patient sub-group.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study of patients admitted to our hospital between 2004 and 2008 due to symptoms associated with the presence of a severe aortic stenosis and were not considered for surgery.