TY - JOUR AU - Rodríguez-Caulo, Emiliano A AU - Guijarro-Contreras, Ana AU - Otero-Forero, Juan AU - Mataró, María José AU - Sánchez-Espín, Gemma AU - Guzón, Arantza AU - Porras, Carlos AU - Such, Miguel AU - Ordóñez, Antonio AU - Melero-Tejedor, José María AU - Jiménez-Navarro, Manuel PY - 2018 DO - 10.1186/s13063-018-2486-x UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12149 T2 - Trials AB - During the last decade, the use of ministernotomy in cardiac surgery has increased. Quality of life and patient satisfaction after ministernotomy have never been compared to conventional full sternotomy in randomised trials. The aim of the study is to... LA - en KW - Aortic stenosis KW - Aortic valve replacement KW - Clinical trials KW - Ministernotomy KW - Quality of life KW - Satisfaction KW - Aortic Valve KW - Aortic Valve Stenosis KW - Heart Valve Prosthesis KW - Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation KW - Humans KW - Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures KW - Patient Satisfaction KW - Postoperative Complications KW - Pragmatic Clinical Trials as Topic KW - Quality of Life KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Single-Blind Method KW - Spain KW - Sternotomy KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Time Factors KW - Treatment Outcome TI - Quality of life, satisfaction and outcomes after ministernotomy versus full sternotomy isolated aortic valve replacement (QUALITY-AVR): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. TY - research article VL - 19 ER -