Robotic Approach to Mitral Valve Surgery in Septo-Octogenarians

This summarizes the incidence of septo-octogenarian patients in our robotic mitral experience and provides comparative outcomes to STS predicted models of mortality, stroke, and shortened length of stay, demonstrating that elderly patients ( ≥70 years) matched STS benchmarks and outperforming STS predicted short length of stay in this study population. NYHA = New York Heart Association. PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention. LOS = length of stay. STS = Society of Thoracic Surgeons.Advanced age confers higher STS pre dicted risks of mortality (PROM) and longer hospital lengths of stay (LOS) in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery; some consider it a contraindication to robotic-assisted approaches.

Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - January 16, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Neel K. Ranganath, Didier F. Loulmet, Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab, Jad Malas, Lily Spellman, Aubrey C. Galloway, Eugene A. Grossi Tags: ADULT – Original Submission Source Type: research