Cardiac surgery for octogenarians - A suitable procedure? Twelve-year operative and post-hospital mortality in 641 patients over 80 years of age

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Schmidtler, Fabian W ^a   Tischler, I ^a   Lieber, M ^a   Weingartner, J ^a   Angelis, I ^a   Wenke, K ^a   Kemkes, B M ^a   Gansera, B ^a  

^a City Hospital of Munich   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced age; Coronary bypass surgery; Heart disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949108007     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965642     Document Type: Article

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