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Outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients age 80 years: results from the National Cardiovascular Network

Karen P. Alexander, MD^* , Kevin J. Anstrom, MS^*, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, PhD^* , Ralph D. Grosswald, MPH^||, Peter K. Smith, MD, FACC, Robert H. Jones, MD, FACC and Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACC^*

^* Outcomes Research and Assessment Group, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
^|| National Healthcare Network, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Observed in-hospital mortality after cardiac surgery among all patients. Diamond = CABG; solid square = CABG/AVR; triangle = CABG/MVR. AVR = aortic valve replacement; CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; MVR = mitral valve repair or replacement.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 In-hospital mortality, postoperative neurologic complications and postoperative renal failure after CABG by age. Diamond = mortality; square = renal failure; triangle = Neurologic events.