PMID- 8133815
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19940419
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0025-729X (Print)
IS  - 0025-729X (Linking)
VI  - 160
IP  - 6
DP  - 1994 Mar 21
TI  - Cardiac surgery in the very elderly.
PG  - 332-4
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To determine the results of cardiac surgery in the very elderly. 
      DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: A retrospective study of 56 very elderly patients (mean age 
      82 years, range 79-89 years) undergoing open heart surgery between 1988 and 1991. 
      Thirty-three patients had coronary artery bypass grafting, 12 had valve 
      replacement alone and 11 had valve replacement with an associated procedure. 
      SETTING: St Francis Xavier Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne--a large private hospital. 
      RESULTS: There were four in-hospital deaths (7%). The one-year actuarial survival 
      rate was 88%. Of the 49 survivors, 92% were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) 
      Class III or IV before operation, whereas 96% were in NYHA Class I or II a mean 
      of 15 months after operation. CONCLUSION: In very elderly patients with medically 
      refractory cardiac symptoms, cardiac surgery has a tolerable mortality and 
      provides excellent relief of symptoms.
FAU - Shah, V Z
AU  - Shah VZ
AD  - Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini Hospital, Malvern, Vic.
FAU - Rosenfeldt, F L
AU  - Rosenfeldt FL
FAU - Parkin, G W
AU  - Parkin GW
FAU - Ugoni, A M
AU  - Ugoni AM
FAU - Habersberger, P G
AU  - Habersberger PG
FAU - Cooper, E
AU  - Cooper E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Med J Aust
JT  - The Medical journal of Australia
JID - 0400714
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Aged, 80 and over
MH  - *Cardiac Surgical Procedures/mortality/rehabilitation
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Heart Diseases/rehabilitation/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Postoperative Complications
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Victoria
EDAT- 1994/03/21 00:00
MHDA- 1994/03/21 00:01
CRDT- 1994/03/21 00:00
PHST- 1994/03/21 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1994/03/21 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1994/03/21 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med J Aust. 1994 Mar 21;160(6):332-4.