title: [Long-term result of surgical patients with ischemic heart disease 70 years of age and older].
abstract: This is a report of long-term follow-up of patients 70 years of age and older who underwent operations for ischemic heart diseases. (1) Two of them died in this follow-up period, one due to pneumonia seven months postoperatively, another due to lung cancer 20 months after operation. Actuarial survival rate was 96.8% at one year, 93.3% between two and five years. (2) Event-free rate was 80.6% at one year, 70.1% at two years, and 61.1% between three and five years. (2) Although 21 patients were classified in grade 0 (normal activity) of performance status, seven were classified between grade 2 and 4. We concluded that long-term results were good in surgical patients 70 years of age and older with ischemic heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wanibuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuta
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate