Cardiac surgery in elderly and very elderly patients can be performed with acceptable mortalityprovided that accurate selection and a multifactorial risk evaluation are adopted. Whenever possible, nonelectiveoperations should be avoided and earlier surgery should be encouraged. Five-year survival and functional recoveryare good.

Short-term and long-term results of cardiac surgery in elderly and very elderly patients

GRECO, Ernesto;
2011-01-01

Abstract

Cardiac surgery in elderly and very elderly patients can be performed with acceptable mortalityprovided that accurate selection and a multifactorial risk evaluation are adopted. Whenever possible, nonelectiveoperations should be avoided and earlier surgery should be encouraged. Five-year survival and functional recoveryare good.
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