Cardiovascular surgery in the elderly: an update
Song WAN
Ahmed A. ARIFI
Calvin S. H. NG
Anthony P. C. YIM
摘要：The aging of the population and improvements in outcomes after cardiovascular surgery have resulted in a worldwide growing demand of complex surgical intervention for elderly patients. We briefly review the up-to-date English-language literature with particular focus on cardiovascular surgery in elderly patients. With earlier referral, careful preoperative evaluation, strategic planning, and the continuing efforts in optimizing surgical techniques, operative mortality and morbidity following primary or reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting and valvular interventions are expected to fall in this high-risk patient subset. Importantly,accumulating evidence indicates that elderly patients may benefit from improved functional status and quality of life after cardiovascular surgical therapy
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论文发表日期：2005-04-02
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：6( 123-128 )
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