Episode 591: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 19: Cardiac surgery in elderly patients

Today we are exploring cardiac surgery in elderly patients. This podcast is sponsored by Macquarie University Hospital, part of Macquarie University Health – a trailblazer in healthcare, education and research. Professor Michael Vallely is a leading cardiothoracic surgeon who has clinical and academic interests in minimising the invasiveness of cardiothoracic surgery and is a world authority on total arterial, anaortic, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. He also has interests in minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS and Da Vinci robotic surgery), transcatheter (TAVI and Mitra-Clip) cardiac surgery, thoracic aortic surgery, geriatric cardiac surgery, and hybrid procedures including the use of ECMO. Dr Nargis Shaheen is a consultant geriatrician with a special interest in perioperative medicine working at Macquarie University Hospital and Concord Hospital. She is a member of the ANZCA perioperative care working group and is involved in perioperative medicine teaching.

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Episode 591: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 19: Cardiac surgery in elderly patients is an episode from The Medical Journal of Australia by theMJA.

This episode is 36:06 long.

This episode was published on Oct 14, 2025.

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