Five-hundred and three patients, with age equal or above 80 years, were surgically treated at the Heart Institute from January 78 to July 90. Aiming to characterize this octogenarian population submitted to myocardial revascularization, data were retrospectively pursued. This study analyzed clinical,radiological, hemodynamic, operative and postoperative factors; there was no statistical analysis of the material. Hospital mortality was 2/15 (13.33%) and in a mean follow-up of 24.7 months (5-50) five patients evoluted to death due to hemorrhagic vascular cerebral accident, urinary tract infection, mesenteric thrombosis, pulmonary infection and diabetis dysfunction, secondary to urinary tract infection. All of the survivals improved as to the sintomatology related to angina and cardiac insufficiency. Observations based on the data collected reveal that 1) there was no operative death; 2) hospital mortality was related to infectious processes; 3) in late follow-up the great majority of patients referred improvement as to the sintomatology and therefore in the quality of life, and 4) isolatedly, age did not represent a risk factor for surgical treatment.
myocardial revascularization