The elderly patient and cardiac surgery - A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-249

  Wiedemann, Dominik ^a   Bernhard, David ^a   Laufer, Günther ^a   Kocher, Alfred ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Aortic valve; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Endocarditis; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K;

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOCARDITIS; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951877623     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000248761     Document Type: Short Survey

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