Background—Trends in risk-severity and operative mortality (OM) were examined in 3330
consecutive patients aged 70 years and older who underwent isolated coronary artery …

To determine factors associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications in
elderly patients, 60 consecutive patients 75 years of age or older undergoing isolated …

The purpose of this study was to document early mortality, perioperative complication rate,
duration of hospitalization, and costs related to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery …

BACKGROUND.: The elderly segment of the population is increasing rapidly, and surgeons
are being asked to consider patients more than 80 years old as candidates for coronary …

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of age on the in-hospital mortality of all
30,972 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in New York in …

Background Models for predicting operative mortality for coronary bypass surgery assume
that preoperative risk factors affect mortality to the same extent in all patients groups …

The hospital mortality and major factors contributing to hospital morbidity and postoperative
length of stay were examined in 597 consecutive patients 70 years of age and older who …

Background Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is increasingly common in patients of
age≥ 80 years. Single-institution reviews have cited a wide range of mortality results after …

BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of the very elderly are undergoing coronary artery
bypass graft surgery (CABG). Short-term results have been studied, but few data are …

Background. As second coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations are becoming more
common in elderly patients, we conducted a retrospective analysis of risk factors for in …