Conference
Off-pump surgery decreases postoperative complications and resource utilization in the elderly
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bypass surgery in the elderly (age >70 years) has increased mortality and morbidity, which may be a consequence of cardiopulmonary bypass. We compare the outcomes of a cohort of elderly off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) patients with elderly conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients.
METHODS: Chart and provincial cardiac care registry data were reviewed for 30 consecutive elderly OPCAB patients (age 74.7 +/- …
Authors
Boyd WD; Desai ND; Del Rizzo DF; Novick RJ; McKenzie FN; Menkis AH
Volume
68
Pagination
pp. 1490-1493
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 1999
DOI
10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00951-0
Conference proceedings
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Issue
4
ISSN
0003-4975