Emergency surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in octogenarians without patient selection.

CONCLUSIONS: Emergency surgery for type A aortic dissection in octogenarians without patient selection resulted in similar rates of mortality and morbidity to younger patients. Octogenarians should not be refused this life-saving emergent surgery. PMID: 30448481 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30448481?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - November 15, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Suzuki T, Asai T, Kinoshita T Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research