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Quality of Life After Open Heart Surgery in Older Patients

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Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Open Heart Surgery Patients

Treatments

Procedure: Cardiac Surgery

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00248898
0501007700

Details and patient eligibility

About

Long term follow-up of nonagenarians who have undergone open heart procedures.

Full description

Based on population studies, life expectancy at age 80 is 8.5 years, and at the age of 85 years, it is 6.3 years (US Bureau of Census 2000). There are currently 1.6 million nonagenarians and roughly 72,000 centenarians living in the United States. With this increasing elderly population, knowledge of the special management issues and long-term sequela are imperative. Bacchetta and coworkers from our institution presented a 10-year outcomes experience in nonagenarians undergoing cardiac surgery. In 42 consecutive patients, in-hospital mortality was 7%, and 30-day mortality 5%. Postoperative morbidity was documented in 67% with arrhythmias accounting for 31% of the cases, followed by respiratory complications, infections, and strokes. While this is mostly in-hospital data, long-term follow-ups have not been performed.

Enrollment

49 patients

Sex

All

Ages

90+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who underwent open heart procedures and who were 90 years or greater between 1995 and 2004 at The New York Presbyterian Hospital

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who refuse follow-up

Trial contacts and locations

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