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Open Heart Surgery in Patients in the Eighth and Ninth Decades of Life
Author(s) -
Silvay George,
Bodner Neal,
Koffsky Barbara,
Mindich Bruce P.,
Litwak Robert S.,
Kaplan Joel A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1988.tb04400.x
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , cardiac surgery , age groups , general surgery , demography , sociology , alternative medicine , pathology
One hundred fifty‐one patients aged 70–89 years underwent a variety of open heart surgical procedures during a period of 1 year. We divided these patients into two groups: Group A was comprised of 127 patients between 70 and 79 years of age. In group B, 24 patients were between 80 and 89 years of age. These patients underwent elective open heart surgery. Information was retrieved retrospectively from the computerized data pool of the cardiothoracic registry in our institution. Statistical analysis in these two groups revealed no significant differences in any of the evaluated factors. We concluded that age should not be a contraindication for cardiac operations.