Emergency Aortic Valve Replacement for a 95-year-old Patient.
- Author:
Won Ho CHANG
1
;
Wook YOUM
;
Jung Wook HAN
;
Hong Chul OH
;
Min Su HYON
;
Hyun Jo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Korea. yw2525@hosp.sch.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aortic valve, surgery;
Old age
- MeSH:
Aged;
Aortic Valve;
Aortic Valve Stenosis;
Emergencies;
Female;
Humans;
Shock, Cardiogenic;
Survival Rate
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2009;42(3):368-370
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
As the average age of the general population increases, a growing number of elderly patients are presenting for cardiac operations. Although aortic valve replacement in patients aged 80 years and older has been shown to have excellent outcomes with good long-term survival rates, some physicians are still hesitant to refer elderly patients for surgical intervention. A 95-years old female was admitted to our hospital with cardiogenic shock and an emergency operation was required. She was successfully treated with emergency aortic valve replacement. We report here on a case of successful emergency surgical treatment for aortic stenosis in a 95 years old woman.
