Nonelective cardiac surgery in the elderly: is it justified?

Ghanta RK, Shekar PS, McGurk S, Rosborough DM, Aranki SF. Nonelective cardiac surgery in the elderly: is it justified? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Jul; 140(1):103-9, 109.e1.

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subject areas

Age Factors
Aged, 80 and over
Aorta
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Coronary Artery Bypass
Female
Heart Valves
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Logistic Models
Male
Patient Selection
Proportional Hazards Models
Quality of Life
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
ROC Curve
Survivors
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

authors with profiles

Prem S Shekar MD, FRCSEd, MCh, MBA