Good outcomes from cardiac surgery in the over 70s

OBJECTIVE To determine the early mortality and major morbidity associated with cardiac surgery in the elderly. DESIGN Retrospective case record review study of 575 patients ⩾ 70 years old who underwent cardiac surgery at the Manchester Heart Centre between January 1990 and December 1996. SETTING Reg...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Heart (British Cardiac Society) 1999-08, Vol.82 (2), p.134-137
Hauptverfasser:	Zaidi, A M, Fitzpatrick, A P, Keenan, D J M, Odom, N J, Grotte, G J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences cardiac surgery Cardiac Surgical Procedures - mortality Cardiovascular disease Chi-Square Distribution Coronary Artery Bypass - mortality coronary artery bypass grafting Coronary Disease - mortality Coronary Disease - surgery Coronary vessels Digital video recorders elderly Female Heart attacks Heart surgery Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - mortality Humans Male Medical sciences Morbidity Mortality Older people Population Retrospective Studies Stroke Studies Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart valve replacement
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Zusammenfassung:	OBJECTIVE To determine the early mortality and major morbidity associated with cardiac surgery in the elderly. DESIGN Retrospective case record review study of 575 patients ⩾ 70 years old who underwent cardiac surgery at the Manchester Heart Centre between January 1990 and December 1996. SETTING Regional cardiothoracic centre. SUBJECTS Patients ⩾ 70 years old who underwent cardiac surgery. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Comparison of 30 day mortality and incidence of major morbidity between patients ⩾ 70 years old and patients
ISSN:	1355-6037 1468-201X
DOI:	10.1136/hrt.82.2.134