This chapter contains sections titled:

• Introduction

• Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in the Elderly

• Assessment of the Elderly Patient for Cardiac Surgery

• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

• Valve Surgery

• Combined Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Valve Surgery in the Elderly

• Anticoagulation Management in the Elderly

• Nonpharmacological Curative Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

• Thoracic Aortic Surgery

• Cardiac Transplantation

• Conclusions

• Key References

• References