PMID- 9101771
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970417
LR  - 20080220
IS  - 0942-2854 (Print)
IS  - 0942-2854 (Linking)
VI  - 113
DP  - 1996
TI  - [Heart operations in patients older than 75. Results and postoperative 
      rehabilitation].
PG  - 1018-20
AB  - A total of 164 patients with a mean age of 78.6 +/- 2.7 years and often critical 
      preoperative conditions [New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III + IV, 78.7%] 
      underwent cardiac operations [coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 97; valve 
      replacement, 33; CABG + valve replacement, 18; replacement of ascending aorta and 
      others, 18] with an in-hospital mortality of 8.5% (n = 14). Follow-up was 
      completed for 147 patients (98%) after 16.5 +/- 10.8 months. Most patients were 
      in a good clinical condition (NYHA I + II, 79.6%; late deaths, 8 patients, 5.4%) 
      and more than 95% of patients lived at home or with relatives. Charges for 
      hospital treatment dropped to one third after the hospitalization period for 
      surgery in the first postoperative year compared to the year immediately 
      preceding the cardiac operation.
FAU - Aebert, H
AU  - Aebert H
AD  - Klinik fur Herz-, Thorax- und herznahe Gefasschirurgie, Universitatsklinikum 
      Regensburg.
FAU - Brunger, F
AU  - Brunger F
FAU - Sendtner, E
AU  - Sendtner E
FAU - Merk, J
AU  - Merk J
FAU - Kobuch, R
AU  - Kobuch R
FAU - Birnbaum, D E
AU  - Birnbaum DE
LA  - ger
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Herzoperationen bei Patienten alter als 75 Jahre: Ergebnisse und postoperative 
      Rehabilitation.
PL  - Germany
TA  - Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd
JT  - Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft 
      fur Chirurgie. Kongress
JID - 9200456
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Coronary Artery Bypass/rehabilitation
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - *Geriatric Assessment
MH  - Heart Diseases/mortality/*surgery
MH  - Heart Valve Prosthesis/rehabilitation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Postoperative Complications/mortality/*rehabilitation
MH  - Survival Rate
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 1996/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1996;113:1018-20.