title: [Cardiac valvular surgery after 65 years of age].
abstract: 252 symptomatic patients aged 65-79 underwent surgery between 1970 and 1982 for heart valve lesions. Hospital mortality was 11.8%. Analysis of the short and long term results justifies cardiac surgery in elderly patients with valve disease.
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000368:Aged; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: La chirurgie valvulaire cardiaque après 65 ans.