Commentary: An Envelope in Need of Pushing

In this issue of Seminars, Ranganath and colleagues at New York University (NYU) discuss their institutional series of 140 patients 70 years and older who underwent robotic mitral valve surgery between 2011 and 2018.1 Patients had higher incidence of preoperative atrial fibrillation (AF), congestive heart failure (CHF), and STS predicted risk compared to the 430 younger patients performed robotically during the same time period. Despite higher rates of concomitant cryoablation, hybrid percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and tricuspid repair, their outcomes were similar to the cohort of younger patients.
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: ADULT – Commentary Source Type: research