Outcomes and Predictors of Mortality After Mitral Valve Surgery in High-Risk Elderly Patients: The Heidelberg Experience.

CONCLUSIONS Octogenarians are increasingly represented in cardiac surgery and combined procedures. Prudent patient selection is necessary for optimizing postoperative outcomes among the elderly. In our seriously ill octogenarian cohort, mitral valve surgery was associated with moderate but acceptable mid-term survival. PMID: 29289956 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29289956?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Science Monitor - January 1, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Med Sci Monit Source Type: research