Technological solutions for cardiac surgery in the elderly

Rony-Reuven Nir; Gil Bolotin

doi:10.5041/RMMJ.10120

Technological solutions for cardiac surgery in the elderly

Rambam Maimonides Med J. 2013 Jul 25;4(3):e0020. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10120. Print 2013 Jul.

Authors

Rony-Reuven Nir¹, Gil Bolotin

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus and the Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Abstract

The current review addresses contemporary technological advances in cardiac surgery performed on octogenarian patients, namely off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), proximal anastomosis device, routine use of intraoperative epiaortic ultrasound, proximal anastomosis without clamping, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), and brain protection during cardiac surgery.

Keywords: Cardiac surgery; intraoperative epiaortic ultrasound; octogenarians; off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); proximal anastomosis device; transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).