title: [Specific features, problems, and prospects of myocardial revascularization in elderly and aged patients].
abstract: Last years the progress in development and improvement of coronary surgery and angioplasty, with shunting with patients of elderly and senile age, has been observed in the Russian Federation. This is connected, in the first place, with the progress in timely diagnostics of coronary artery disease, development of surgical equipment, anaesthesiology and resuscitation, introduction of new methods of intra-operative protection of myocardium, development and active use of modern methods of treatment of patients before and after the operation. However despite the versatility of existing scientific schools and literary sources covering this problem, the discussions on indications and contraindications to active surgical treatment of coronary artery disease with the patients of the given age group still continue. A great number of specialists in the field of cardiology and cardiosurgery do not tackle the solution of these problems as based on age-specific morphological and functional changes of the cardiovascular system.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Luk'ianov
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kozlov
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Khubulava
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Meshcheriakov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Fedorets
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Kitachev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome