Surgical treatment of acquired valvular heart disease in the elderly requires highly individualized, multidisciplinary decision-making due to the frequent need for combined procedures and lack of homogeneous comparative evidence.
This article provides an overview of studies on indications, surgery and outcomes of valvular heart disease surgery in elderly patients.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Urmanbetov et al. (2018) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: