Cardiovascular surgery in the elderly: an update
The aging of the population and improvements in outcomes after cardiovascular surgery have resulted in a worldwide growing demand of complex surgical intervention for elderly patients. We briefly review the up?to ?date English language literature with particular focus on cardiovascular surgery in elderly patients. With earlier referral, careful preoperative evaluation, strategic planning, and the continuing efforts in optimizing surgical techniques, operative mortality and morbidity following primary or reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting and valvular interventions are expected to fall in this high risk patient subset. Importantly, accumulating evidence indicates that elderly patients may benefit from improved functional status and quality of life after cardiovascular surgical therapy.
Keywords:cardiovascular surgery coronary artery bypass grafting, elderly, reoperation, risk factor valve replacement
Song WAN Ahmed A. ARIFI Calvin S. H. NG Anthony P. C. YIM
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery The Chinese University of Hong Kong Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, People”s Republic of China
国内会议
北京
英文
7-13
2005-11-04（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）