Outcomes and costs of coronary artery bypass grafting: comparison between octogenarians and septuagenarians at a tertiary care centre.

BACKGROUND: Decision-making related to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in elderly patients is hampered by inadequate outcome data. We compared the clinical outcomes of octogenarians with those of septuagenarians who underwent CABG. Our secondary objective was to compare the costs associated with CABG in these groups. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective database review of patients 70 years of age and older who had undergone CABG at a …