[Cardiopulmonary risk factors. Recognition, evaluation and treatment in surgical interventions in advanced age].

In surgical procedures intra- and postoperative cardiopulmonary complications rank first in the elderly patient. Cardiovascular risk factors in the preoperative judgement include chronic cor pulmonale, coronary heart disease and cardiac rhythm disturbances. Moreover pulmonary-respiratory risks and arterial hypertension play a very important role. In order to lower the intra- and postoperative risks, it is necessary to establish a thorough...