Table 2 Results of aortic valve replacement in the octogenarian (series including at least 100 patients). The references are on the website

	Years of AVR	n	Combined CABG (%)	Operative mortality (%)	Post-op stroke (%)
Gehlot et al^w10	1971–92	322	43	13.7	8.4
Akins et al^w11
AVR only	1985–95	105	0	8	1
AVR + CABG	1985–95	111	100	6	11
Asimakopoulos et al^w12	1986–95	1100	–	6.6	–
Medalion et al ^w13
AVR only	1980–95	99	0	5.0
AVR + CABG	1980–95	149	100	11.4	4.8
Gilbert et al^w14	1987–96	103	24	18	17
Craver et al ^w15
AVR only	1976–94	71	0	5.7	–
AVR + CABG	1976–94	73	100	9.7	–
Sundt et al^w16	1993–98	133	67	11.1	4
Kolh et al ^w17
AVR only	1992–98	70	0	8.5	2.8
AVR + CABG	1992–98	30	100	26	3.8
Chiappini et al ^w18	1992–2003	115	38	8.5	–
Langanay et al ^w19	1978–2003	771	15	10.1	–
Unic et al ^w20
AVR only	1998–2000	94	0	4.3	–
AVR + CABG	1998–2000	148	100	8.2	–
Roberts et al ^w21
AVR only	1993–2005	78	0	10.3	–
AVR + CABG	1993–2005	118	100	11.0	–

AVR, aortic valve replacement; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.