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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
13
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-6-27
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Between january 1987 and january 1990, 115 patients aged over 70 (mean: 75 +/- 3 years) underwent heart surgery performed by our team. Fifty-three had coronary artery bypass graft surgery alone, 44 had cardiac valve surgery alone and 18 had combined coronary and cardiac valve surgery; 88 percent of the patients were in NYHA functional class III or IV, and 79 percent presented with left ventricular dysfunction. The early postoperative mortality rate was 7 percent: 5.6 percent in coronary bypass surgery alone, 8 percent in cardiac valve surgery alone and 22 percent in combined coronary and valve surgery. After a mean follow-up period of 22 +/- 8 months, 85 percent of the patients are asymptomatic or exhibit few symptoms. The actuarial survival rate at 3 years is 78 +/- 10 percent. Thus, in 1990 age is lo longer an obstacle to heart surgery. In most cases the operative risk is controlled by a surgical strategy where the physiopathology of the elderly is taken into account and the appropriate surgical techniques are applied.
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| pubmed:language |
fre
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0755-4982
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
6
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| pubmed:volume |
20
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
589-92
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
[Heart surgery in the elderly].
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Service de Chirurgie thoracique et cardio-vasculaire, Hôpital Cardiologique, Lyon.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
English Abstract
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