Körfer R, Kleikamp G
Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Bad Oeynhausen.
Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1996;113:434-8.
In the west the elderly population is constantly increasing. Consequently, the percentage of old and very old patients is also increasing among cardiac surgical cases. Almost all cardiac diseases which can be treated surgically can be corrected nowadays with good results even in very old patients. Prerequisites are the correct judgement of individual risk and possible individual gain for the patient. This has to be weighted against the surgeon's and the institution's results. Today, no patient requiring a cardiac operation should be refused on the grounds of age.
在西方，老年人口数量持续增长。因此，在心脏外科手术病例中，老年和高龄患者的比例也在增加。如今，几乎所有可通过手术治疗的心脏疾病，即使是高龄患者，也都能得到良好效果的矫正。前提是要正确判断患者的个体风险以及可能的个体获益。这必须与外科医生和医疗机构的手术结果进行权衡。如今，不应以年龄为由拒绝任何需要进行心脏手术的患者。
