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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2020

The impact of age on outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting.

Anthony Lemaire, Cassandra Soto, Lauren Salgueiro, Hirohisa Ikegami, Mark J Russo, Leonard Y Lee

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anthony LemaireDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, RUTGERS-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, USA. Anthony.lemaire@rwjms.rutgers.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8936-9853
Cassandra SotoDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, RUTGERS-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, USA.
Lauren SalgueiroDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, RUTGERS-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, USA.
Hirohisa IkegamiDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, RUTGERS-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, USA.
Mark J RussoDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, RUTGERS-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, USA.
Leonard Y LeeDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, RUTGERS-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, USA.
Johnson University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAs the population ages, increasing number of older patients are undergoing adult cardiac surgery. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of age on postoperative outcomes in patients that undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

methodsPatients that are ≥70 years old who underwent CABG were selected from the Nationwide/National Inpatient Sample from 2010 to 2015 using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes. The patients who were 70-79 years old were compared to patients aged 80-89 years old to determine if the age difference of the patients had an impact on surgical outcomes. In addition, a secondary endpoint is to compare surgical outcomes between the 2 genders of the patients 80-89 years old. The rates of postoperative complications, and mortality were compared.

resultsA total of 67,568 patients were identified who were ≥ 70 years old and underwent CABG. Compared to the Septuagenarians, the Octogenarians were more likely to develop cardiac complications (OR [odds ratio] =1.20, 95% CI [confidence interval] 1.12-1.23. They were also more likely to develop renal complications (P < 0001), and respiratory complications (P < 0001). The Octogenarians were also more likely to bleed postoperatively (P < 0.0001) and have a higher mortality (P < 0001). Furthermore, the female Octogenarians had a higher mortality (OR 1.25 95% CI 1.07-1.46) compared to males in the same age group.

conclusionsThe patients who were ≥ 80-89 years old had worse postoperative outcomes. The Octogenarians who were females had a higher mortality compared to their male counterparts.

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Age FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overCoronary Artery BypassFemaleHumansMaleOdds RatioPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsTreatment OutcomeAgeAnd coronary artery bypass graftingCoronary artery diseaseGender

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