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The authors [1] believe that this article is significant because of the graying of the population and the anticipation of increasing numbers of octogenarians requiring coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Their stated purpose is to help physicians and patients make sound and informed treatment decisions, arguing that "...it is important to provide clinicians and this patient population accurate and reliable information regarding short and long-term outcomes."

To the extent that it is important for clinical decision-making to know these longer-term survival outcomes for octogenarians undergoing CABG, the article confirms existing studies, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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