Journal of Nihon University Medical Association
Online ISSN : 1884-0779
Print ISSN : 0029-0424
ISSN-L : 0029-0424
Clinical Reports:
A Surgical Case of Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis in an Oldest-old Male
Akira SezaiKenji AkiyamaSeiji FukushimaSatoshi KashiwazakiAyako TakasakaMotomi ShionoYasutaka TakagiMasaaki NagashimaToshiyuki TanakaTakaharu YahataYasuo WatanabeRikitake KogawaToru OshimaAtsushi HirayamaShujiro Sugita
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2011 Volume 70 Issue 4 Pages 212-216

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Cardiac surgery in nonagenarians has been rarely reported in Japan. According to international reports, post-surgical mortality or complications are comparatively high in this age group. In this paper, we report a successful case of aortic valve replacement in a 90-year-old man with severe aortic valve stenosis.

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