Complex Valve Surgery in Elderly Patients: Increasingly Necessary and Surprisingly Feasible.

CONCLUSIONS:  This study demonstrates the feasibility of complex multiple valve surgery in elderly patients. The observed perioperative mortality was lower than predicted. However, we observed a substantial rate of adverse events; therefore, careful patient selection is required in this high-risk patient population.
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Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - September 15, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Saha S, Varghese S, Ahmad AA, Jebran AF, Waezi N, Niehaus H, Baraki H, Kutschka I Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research