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Coronary artery bypass surgery in elderly people

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Arun Natarajan, Stephen Clark

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Abstract

An increasing number of elderly individuals are now undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. Elderly patients, compared with patients of a younger age group, present for surgery with a greater burden of risk factors and reduced functional levels. Short-term outcomes are hence poorer in them. But symptom relief occurs in most survivors and is accompanied by excellent rates of long-term survival and a good quality of life. Therefore, an individualised risk-benefit profile must be carefully constructed by clinicians, taking into account several different factors and not just age alone. This review summarises the current concepts of coronary artery bypass surgery from the perspective of the very old.

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Author(s): Natarajan A, Samadian S, Clark S

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Postgraduate Medical Journal

Year: 2007

Volume: 83

Issue: 977

Pages: 154-158

Print publication date: 01/03/2007

ISSN (print): 0032-5473

ISSN (electronic): 1469-0756

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.2006.049742

DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.049742

PubMed id: 17344568

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