Treatment of cardiac surgery in the elderly patients – a challenge, but also a test for treating

Epidemiological and demographic changes, including lenghtening of life, cause a significant increase in the number of people in old age with indications for surgical treatment cardiovascular diseases, especially coronary heart disease and significant stenosis aortalnej. Penetrating preoperative evaluation of the risk of death allows you to select the best method of surgical treatment for older patients, including minimal invasive.