| Cardiac Operations in Two
Patients Aged 90 or Over |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Okinawa Prefectural Naha Hospital, Naha, Japan)
| Tadao Kugai |
Hiroshi Munakata |
Nobuhiro Nagata |
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Cardiac surgery in patients
aged 90 years or older is not common. We report 2 successful
cases in nonagenarians. A 90-year-old man underwent the
Bentall operation for aortic root aneurysm with moderate
aortic valve regurgitation. A 91-year-old man underwent
aortic valve replacement and single CABG (LITA to LCX) for
severe aortic valve stenosis with single coronary artery
disease. Their postoperative courses were uneventful.
We emphasize that cardiac surgery in nonagenarians should
not be withheld on the basis of age alone, but should be
based on careful assessments of the relative medical risks
and benefits, as well as the wishes of the patient and family.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 34: 202-204 (2005) |
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