The increase in average life expectancy and the higher incidence of cardiovascular disease with advancing age has resulted in a significant increase in the number of people aged more than 80 years. A number of reports have also described older age amongst cardiovascular surgery patients1-14. In elderly patients, the indications for surgery should be considered while accounting for various risks, which differ from those in younger patients. While considering cardiac surgery for elderly patients, the parameters assessed differ from those used for younger patients. These include the need for nursing care, degree of independent living, and living willingness, all of which account for patient dignity as well as social living. Thus, postsurgical quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) have received increased attention nowadays15-17. For patients at high risk of complications in whom aortic valve replacement (AVR) is difficult to perform, minimally invasive trans-catheter aortic valve implantation is now available, and treatment strategies have been carefully evaluated and selected. In this study, the significance of conventional AVR for elderly patients aged ≥80 years was evaluated by examining mid-term prognoses after conventional AVR, detailed QOL. MS#AMN 07266
Title Characteristics of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in competitive swimmers and judo athletes Author(s) Asai, Taishi; Abe, Daisuke; Doi, Hirokazu; Tanaka, Chikara; Ohishi, Kenji; Maeda, Hideki; Wada, Tadashi; Takahashi, Yuusuke; Nakahata, Yasukazu; Shinohara, Kazuyuki Citation Acta medica Nagasakiensia, 64(1), pp.23-29; 2020 Issue Date 2020-06 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10069/40044 Right NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE
