Outcomes of patients aged over 90 years undergoing open heart surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiac surgery; Complications after cardiac surgery; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics; Surgery - Other surgery; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000058774
• Lead Sponsor: Austin Health

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-01-06
• Study Start: 2022-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 24 January 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria will be nonagenarians (aged > 90 years < 100 years) who underwent cardiac surgery requiring a classic median sternotomy (i.e., open heart surgery”) with or without the requirement for cardiopulmonary bypass.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria will be the following:
1. any patient less than 90 years of age
2. patients undergoing partial sternotomy for aortic valve procedures, sternotomy-free mini-thoracotomy for other procedures
3. patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified