title: [Coronary artery surgery in elderly patients].
abstract: We have experienced 351 cases of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients 70 years of age or older (107 cases: 75 years of age or older, 26 cases: octogenarians), among 1,395 cases of all coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Estimated hospital death rate 4.8% seemed to be satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido Ohno Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohkawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugiki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome