Urgent aortic valve replacement in octogenarians: does an 'urgent' status increase morbidity and mortality?
AVR can be performed in the elderly population with acceptable early and mid-term results, despite their urgent status. A large clinical trial is warranted to confirm the influence of an urgent status in octogenarian patients treated with surgical AVR.
Overexpressed FOXM1 is a potential diagnostic and poor prognostic biomarker in postoperational gastric cancer patients.