Abstract:

The article presents the literature on the problem of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in elderly patients, the possibilities of surgical revascularization of elderly patients, changes in the cardiovascular system with age and their influence on the development of coronary heart disease, the prevalence of coronary heart disease in elderly patients and the characteristics of its flow, as well as the prevalence of the syndrome malnutrition in the elderly and in patients suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system. Increased risk of nosocomial infections, depression of the immune status, poor healing of wounds in elderly patients with the syndrome malnutrition. Assess the feasibility of determining the risk of development and detect the presence of the syndrome malnutrition on certain scales in geriatric patients undergoing surgical myocardial revascularization.

Keywords: coronary artery bypass surgery at gerontological patients, syndrome-malnutrition in elderly, coronary heart disease