Modern Cardiac Surgery for Elderly Patients—Diagnosis, Prehabilitation, Surgical Treatment, Treatment Outcomes and Postoperative Rehabilitation
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (7 April 2025) | Viewed by 280
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cardiac surgery; coronary artery bypass grafting surgery; aortic aneurysm surgery; heart valve surgery; postoperative complications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, patients of advanced chronological age, with multiple comorbidities and an increased risk of cardiac surgery, have been qualified for cardiac surgery. It is necessary to develop a medical strategy with which to minimize the occurrence of postoperative complications to achieve optimal treatment outcomes. More than 60% of surgeries are performed on patients over the age of 65. Despite significant advances in this field, cardiac surgery with the use of extracorporeal circulation indirectly affects the postoperative course. The use of less-invasive treatment methods is an important research topic in cardiac surgery. Postoperative complications increase morbidity and mortality rates and significantly reduce the quality of life of patients in the long term after surgery.
Reducing the occurrence of postoperative complications through comprehensive management and preoperative assessment is crucial. A detailed preoperative risk factor assessment and the selection of surgical techniques will significantly influence treatment outcomes.
Prehabilitation, meaning the well-utilized time before planned surgery, is an essential aspect of cardiac surgery management.
Interdisciplinary comprehensive preoperative as well as perioperative care programs and surgical techniques are the focus of this Special Issue.
Dr. Jerzy Pacholewicz
Dr. Aleksandra Szylińska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiac surgery
- complications
- diagnosis
- prehabilitation
- postoperative rehabilitation
- risk assessment
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