Quality of Life After Open Heart Surgery in Older Patients

Open Heart Surgery Patients Clinical Trial

Official title:

Quality of Life After Open Heart Surgery in Older Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00248898
• Other study ID #: 0501007700
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 3, 2005
• Last updated: January 18, 2017
• Start date: March 2005
• Est. completion date: December 2005

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 49
• Est. completion date: December 2005
• Est. primary completion date: December 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 90 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Open Heart Surgery Patients

Intervention

Procedure:
• Cardiac Surgery
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery, aortic valve replacement, mitral valve replacement, aortic aneurysm repair

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Medical Center	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

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. — View Citation