title: Open heart surgery in patients in the eighth and ninth decades of life.
abstract: One hundred fifty-one patients aged 70-89 years underwent a variety of open heart surgical procedures during a period of 1 year. We divided these patients into two groups: Group A was comprised of 127 patients between 70 and 79 years of age. In group B, 24 patients were between 80 and 89 years of age. These patients underwent elective open heart surgery. Information was retrieved retrospectively from the computerized data pool of the cardiothoracic registry in our institution. Statistical analysis in these two groups revealed no significant differences in any of the evaluated factors. We concluded that age should not be a contraindication for cardiac operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silvay
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bodner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koffsky
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Mindich
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Litwak
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis