Coronary surgery in elderly: it is never too late

Smoking Cessation: It Is Never Too Late

Public health and smoking are old enemies because smoking is among the 10 leading causes of ill health on a global scale and is also possible to prevent, as repeatedly reported (1). In both developed and developing countries, smoking takes its heavy toll of lives every year, both directly and indirectly, through exposure to passively inhaled tobacco smoke (2) or via feto-placental effects. Much...

Smoking cessation in heart failure: it is never too late.

Prolonged renal dysfunction secondary to renal-artery stenosis in the elderly--it is never too late.

The abdomen was soft with no extremity oedema. White blood count was 10.3 g/l, haemoglobin renal artery stenosis was 10.9%, and platelets were 168 000. Table 1 shows the biochemistry results. The patient developed renal failure that necessitated

Elderly donor graft for liver transplantation: Never too late

The definitive treatment for end stage liver disease remains a liver transplant and hence livers are needed for these patients along with cases of acute fulminant liver failure. Hence livers are a scarce and highly valuable commodity in the current time. By extending the pool of donors to include the elderly livers, it allows for increased availability of donors and reduces the mortality that i...

When is it Too Late for Aortic Valve Surgery

(AS) is currently the most common cause of AS in adults and the most frequent reason for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in these patients. Its incidence is on the rise since this pathology is a disease of ageing and the population is getting older.1 The natural history of AS has shown that in the absence of surgical management the patient develops progressive invalidating symptoms of syncope an...