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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:1385. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.040
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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114

(Email: tmacgillivray@partners.org).

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"There is nothing like heart surgery to light every candle on a patient's birthday cake" was the admonition I received as a resident about heart operations for octogenarians. Yet, during the last 15 years, primary heart operations for octogenarians have become commonplace. Many reported series have demonstrated acceptable perioperative mortality, added long-term survival, and improved quality of life for patients in their ninth decade undergoing heart operations. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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