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The Elderly Patient and Cardiac Surgery – A Mini-Review

Author(s) -

Dominik Wiedemann,

David Bernhard,

Günther Laufer,

Alfred Kocher

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

gerontology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1423-0003

pISSN - 0304-324X

DOI - 10.1159/000248761

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , valvular heart disease , surgery , coronary artery disease , population , incidence (geometry) , life expectancy , disease , endocarditis , physics , environmental health , optics

Due to the increase in average life expectancy and the higher incidence of cardiovascular disease with advancing age, more elderly patients present for cardiac surgery nowadays. Advances in pre- and postoperative care mean that more elderly patients can be operated on safely and with a satisfactory outcome. Currently, coronary artery bypass surgery, aortic and mitral valve surgery and surgery of the ascending aorta are performed in elderly patients.

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