Cardiac surgeons and allied health care professionals are faced with a changing and challenging patient population, as the number of octogenarians and nonagenarians increases. A geriatrician, surgeon, and nurse practitioner share their views and discuss their work with elderly patients.
Quality of Life One Year After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Fredrike Zwiers-Blokzijl
Octogenarians and Surgery: The View of the Surgeon
Erik Beckmann
The Older Patient
Rozemarijn van Bruchem-Visser
These educational presentations were originally given during the 29th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery in Amsterdam 2015. This content is published with the permission of EACTS. For more information on EACTS educational programs, please click here.
