TITLE:
Changes in presentation and outcomes in cardiac surgery patients aged 70 to 79 years versus patients 80 years or older
AUTHORS:
Aarne Jyrala, Nicole M. Gatto, Gregory L. Kay
KEYWORDS:
Cardiac Surgery in Elderly; Differences;Outcomes
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Vol.2 No.3,
July
23,
2012
ABSTRACT: Background: To establish which variables between cardiac surgery pts aged 70 - 79 years and 80 years or over are individually different for age group status. Methods: Group 1, 70 - 79 years, n = 351 and Group 2, age 80 or over n = 94. Demographics, operative and hospital outcomes were identified and EuroSCORE (ES) scores applied. Logistic regression uni- and mul-tivariate analysis was used to detect pre- and postop-erative variables which might be independently different between the Groups. Results: Difference (p