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Cardiac surgery in octogenarians.

Dibyendu Khan¹, Sushan Mukherjee, Subhendu Sarkar

¹Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia and Critical Care, BM Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata 700027.

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

|June 8, 2013

Summary

Cardiac surgery in octogenarians shows improved outcomes, though hospital morbidity and stay are increased. Newer surgical techniques are successful in this elderly population.

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Surgical Swine Model of Chronic Cardiac Ischemia Treated by Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

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Published on: March 27, 2018

Area of Science:

Cardiology
Geriatric Medicine
Surgical Innovation

Background:

Cardiac surgery incidence in elderly patients is rising.
Procedures in healthy octogenarians can enhance survival and quality of life.

Purpose of the Study:

Describe preoperative factors linked to postoperative outcomes in octogenarians.
Evaluate the impact of intra-operative factors and techniques on outcomes.

Main Methods:

Retrospective analysis of cardiac surgeries in patients over 80 years.
Data collected from January 2009 to September 2011.
Focus on clinical, demographic, and intra-operative variables.

Main Results:

Hospital death rate: 3.2%.
Prolonged hospital stay (>14 days): 49.1%.
Complications included pulmonary (13.1%), renal (8.1%), GI (1.6%), and neurological (3.2%).

Conclusions:

Cardiac surgical procedures are successful in most octogenarians.
Increased hospital morbidity and longer hospital stays are observed.
Newer surgical techniques demonstrate efficacy in this demographic.