Quality of Life After Open Heart Surgery in Older Patients

NCT ID: NCT00248898

Last Updated: 2017-01-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 49 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2005-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2005-12-31

Brief Summary

Long term follow-up of nonagenarians who have undergone open heart procedures.

Detailed Description

Based on population studies, life expectancy at age 80 is 8.5 years, and at the age of 85 years, it is 6.3 years (US Bureau of Census 2000). There are currently 1.6 million nonagenarians and roughly 72,000 centenarians living in the United States. With this increasing elderly population, knowledge of the special management issues and long-term sequela are imperative. Bacchetta and coworkers from our institution presented a 10-year outcomes experience in nonagenarians undergoing cardiac surgery. In 42 consecutive patients, in-hospital mortality was 7%, and 30-day mortality 5%. Postoperative morbidity was documented in 67% with arrhythmias accounting for 31% of the cases, followed by respiratory complications, infections, and strokes. While this is mostly in-hospital data, long-term follow-ups have not been performed.

Conditions

Open Heart Surgery Patients

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Cardiac Surgery

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery, aortic valve replacement, mitral valve replacement, aortic aneurysm repair

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who underwent open heart procedures and who were 90 years or greater between 1995 and 2004 at The New York Presbyterian Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who refuse follow-up

• Minimum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Karl H Krieger, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Locations

The New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Medical Center

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

References

Ullery BW, Peterson JC, Milla F, Wells MT, Briggs W, Girardi LN, Ko W, Tortolani AJ, Isom OW, Krieger KH. Cardiac surgery in select nonagenarians: should we or shouldn't we? Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):854-60. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.074.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 18291156 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

0501007700

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id