Cardiac surgery in older adults: a retrospective cohort study of outcomes and risk score performance in octogenarians versus patients aged 65–79 years
Patients aged ≥80 years exhibited similar in-hospital mortality rates and no increase in postoperative complication rates compared to younger elderly patients. EuroSCORE II appears to outperform the STS score in predicting in-hospital mortality among octogenarians.
Authors
- Javier Darío Garzón-Rodríguez
- David René Rodríguez Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7089-018X)
- K. A. Rodriguez Macias
- Camilo Andrés Pérez-Velásquez
- Paula Liliana Torres-Gómez
- Liliana Suárez-Tequia
- Felipe Noriega-Acosta
- Edith Elianna Rodríguez-Aparicio
Institutions
- Hospital Universitario San Ignacio (CO)
- Hospital Universitario Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- Universidad del Rosario (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06416-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39