Cardiac surgery in the elderly
Rebecca Doherty
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Although cardiac surgery in the elderly is usually successful, these patients have a higher risk of procedure-related mortality and postoperative complications because of their age and comorbidities. This retrospective, single-center study aimed to compare the long-term survival of elderly cardiac-surgery patients (those aged over 80 years) with that of a national cohort matched for age and sex.
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