Cardiovascular Surgery in the Aging World

摘要: The world is aging fast: in 2000 there were 600 million people aged 60 and over; will be 1.2 billion by 2025 2 2050 [1]. Health care for this population has become a vital challenge not only industrialized societies but also many developing countries. Today, about two thirds of all older are living the world; 2025, it 75 %. For instance, year 2036, number elderly Chinese (aged 65 above) anticipated to surge over 300 represent up 20% nation’s total [1, 2]. An identical trend apparent developed world, where very old (age 80+) fastest growing group (Fig. la). Interestingly, women outlive men virtually societies; consequently age ratio 2:1 By 2050, 1 12 Americans than 80 years [2], which indeed impose major burden on health resources 1b) [3].