Why the study?
Does open heart surgery improve symptoms and survival with tolerable mortality in very elderly patients with medically refractory cardiac symptoms?
Does open heart surgery improve symptoms and survival with tolerable mortality in very elderly patients with medically refractory cardiac symptoms?
Open heart surgery in very elderly patients (≥79 years) is associated with acceptable mortality and significant improvement in functional status.
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Supports individualized decisions in selected very elderly patients; leaves open randomized trials to confirm benefit.
Shah et al. (1994) studied this question.
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