PMID- 3500681
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19880113
LR  - 20190628
IS  - 0003-4975 (Print)
IS  - 0003-4975 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 6
DP  - 1987 Dec
TI  - Aortic valve replacement in patients 75 years old and older.
PG  - 637-9
AB  - A consecutive group of 100 patients in the eighth decade of life who had aortic 
      valve replacement (AVR) from 1975 through 1986 were retrospectively studied. 
      Eighty-five of them were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class 
      III or IV. Isolated AVR was performed in 44 patients and AVR with concomitant 
      procedures, in 56. Perioperative mortality (30 days) was 3%, and perioperative 
      morbidity included 83 complications in 60 patients. Long-term follow-up was 
      available on 93 patients, 71 of whom were alive and 22 of whom were dead. 
      Sixty-eight of the 71 long-term survivors are now in NYHA Class I or II. The low 
      rate of perioperative mortality and the improved quality of life after AVR 
      support the performance of this procedure in this older population.
FAU - Blakeman, B M
AU  - Blakeman BM
AD  - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical 
      Center, Maywood, IL 60153.
FAU - Pifarre, R
AU  - Pifarre R
FAU - Sullivan, H J
AU  - Sullivan HJ
FAU - Montoya, A
AU  - Montoya A
FAU - Bakhos, M
AU  - Bakhos M
FAU - Grieco, J G
AU  - Grieco JG
FAU - Foy, B K
AU  - Foy BK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Ann Thorac Surg
JT  - The Annals of thoracic surgery
JID - 15030100R
SB  - IM
MH  - *Aged
MH  - *Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Aortic Valve
MH  - Coronary Artery Bypass/adverse effects/mortality
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - *Heart Valve Prosthesis/adverse effects/mortality
MH  - Humans
MH  - Intraoperative Complications/epidemiology/mortality
MH  - Postoperative Complications/epidemiology/mortality
EDAT- 1987/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1987/12/01 00:01
CRDT- 1987/12/01 00:00
PHST- 1987/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1987/12/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1987/12/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0003-4975(10)62152-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62152-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Thorac Surg. 1987 Dec;44(6):637-9. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62152-2.