Cardiac surgery for the elderly: a surgeon's perspective

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Editorial

J Unsworth-White. Heart. 1999 Aug.

. 1999 Aug;82(2):125.

doi: 10.1136/hrt.82.2.125.

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Good outcomes from cardiac surgery in the over 70s.
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Surgery for aortic stenosis in severely symptomatic patients older than 80 years: experience in a single UK centre.
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To operate or not on elderly patients with aortic stenosis: the decision and its consequences.
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