Feasibility and risks of heart surgery in very elderly: analysis of 200 consecutive patients of 80 years and above

Patients Reported Health-Related Quality of Life Five Years Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery – A Methodological Study

“…Fruitman et al [24] carried out studies of cardiac patients in their 80s and recommended that telephone interviews be conducted with this participant group. A similar view was reported [26] in a study of mixed methodologies. A move to identify ways in which the differing assessment methodologies could complement each other is recommended for future studies.…”

“…These findings are in line with previous studies in older cardiac patients with better SF-36 scores than the general population [24,26,30]. Lower SF-36 scores are reported in a study of mail correspondents and telephone correspondents with the mail correspondents having lower SF-36 scores [31].…”

“…Of note, the poorer physical health of those completing the postal follow-up was not associated with emotional problems. This characteristic of poor physical health and not being related to emotional state has been reported by others [26,32,33]. Other research has shown that patients' perception of their current health is closely related to physical and role function rather than emotional status [3].…”

Association of Neurocognitive Function and Quality of Life 1 Year After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

“…Because cardiac procedures today are successfully performed on increasingly older patients (34,35,45), it is essential to anticipate which patients are likely to receive the same enhancements in QOL as in quantity of life. Strategies to improve cognition or reduce cognitive decline could potentially enable patients to achieve the maximum level of improvement in QOL that they expect from cardiac surgery.…”