Coronary bypass surgery in patients aged 70 years and over: Mortality, morbidity, & length of stay. Dar al-fouad experience

The objective of this investigation was to compare the outcome of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in patients 70 years with those <70. The cardiac surgery ICU database of the Institute was used to obtain the characteristics of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting between January 2001and March 2013. The patients were divided into those 70 years of age and those <70 years old. Euroscore was determined for each patient for the analysis of mortality, and length of stay. During the study period, 7225 cases of coronary artery bypass grafting were carried out (isolated or with valve surgery), 501 (14.4%) cases were performed in the older group. The 30-day mortality for patients aged 70 and over was 17 (3.3%) out of 501 while that of patients