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Clin. Geriatr. Med. · Aug 2006
ReviewCardiac surgery in the elderly: indications and management options to optimize outcomes.
- Vincent Conti and Scott D Lick.
- Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555, USA. vconti@utmb.edu
- Clin. Geriatr. Med. 2006 Aug 1; 22 (3): 559-74.
AbstractThe elderly have increasingly benefited from the advances in cardiac surgical techniques and perioperative care. Compared to the same procedures in younger patients their operations can be more technically demanding and their level of reserve leaves less margin should complications occur. The importance of using realistic indications for operations with a focus on improving the quality of their lives and of optimal preoperative preparation of patients is emphasized.
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