title: Early and late results of isolated and combined heart valve surgery in patients > or =80 years of age.
abstract: We present a series of 405 consecutive patients aged > or =80 years who underwent isolated or combined valve surgery over a 5-year period. Our results demonstrate that valve surgery in the elderly can be performed with acceptable early mortality, good late survival, and excellent late functional outcome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Unic
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leacche
authors.forename: Subroto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rawn
authors.forename: Sary F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Aranki
authors.forename: Gregory S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Couper
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mihaljevic
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: Lawrence H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: Patrick T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: O'Gara
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome