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SUBMITTER: Al-Adhami A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7525595 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 20180924 Suppl 2
Advanced age is a proven independent factor for perioperative morbidity and mortality in all forms of aortic surgery and forms an important variable in most available risk scores. Improvements in selection and perioperative management of high-risk elderly cohorts have reduced the incidence of adverse outcomes. Concerns remain however in the surgical and anesthesiology community that exposing elderly frail patients to ascending aortic surgery is associated with significant risk. As with many clin ...[more]