Cardiovascular diseases create an important burden on the public health systems,
especially in the elderly, mostly because this group of patients frequently suffer from multiple …

With advances in health care practices and delivery, the overall life expectancy of the
Western population has increased. For those practitioners involved in the care of the patient …

In an aging population, recovery and restoration of function are critical to maintaining
independence. Over the past 50 years, there have been dramatic improvements made in …

Background The mental health and living arrangements of older adults are worthy of
attention. Previous studies have pointed out that the living arrangements may be related to …

Surgical sutureless and interventional transcatheter aortic valve prostheses are nowadays
extensively adopted in high-risk elderly patients. An explorative analysis was carried out to …

Objectives To determine whether postoperative delirium predicts first-time readmissions and
mortality in octogenarian patients within 180 days after aortic valve therapy with surgical …

The ERAS guidelines are intended to identify, disseminate and promote the implementation
of the best, scientific evidence-based actions to decrease variability in clinical practice. The …

Background: Recently, the use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in
intermediate-low risk patients has been evaluated in the PARTNER II randomized trial …

The transition from hospital to home after surgery is a vulnerable time for all cardiac surgical
patients, particularly older adults. This postoperative phase presents multiple physical …

Background Little is known about mental health following advanced cardiac procedures in
the oldest patients. Aims To study changes in anxiety and depression from baseline to one …