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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:755
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Risk factors for stroke after cardiac operations: Reply

Maria-Benedicta Edwards, MPhil, Kenneth M. Taylor, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, United Kingdom Heart Valve Registry, Hammersmith HospitalDu Cane Rd, London W12 0NN, UK

e-mail: m.b.edwards@ic.ac.uk
e-mail: k.m.taylor@ic.ac.uk

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To the Editor:

We welcome the comments of Dr Legare and colleagues. We agree with them that the expectations of nonagenarian patients who undergo a heart valve operation can differ from their younger counterparts and that quality of life rather than longevity becomes more important in this age group.

Our study examined outcomes in terms of early mortality (ie, death within 30 days or less after operation) and longer-term survival in 35 consecutive patients aged 90 years or more who underwent heart valve replacement in the United Kingdom (UK) [1]. To our knowledge, this is . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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