3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 However, approximately half of patients affected by severe MR are not referred for surgery mainly because of their advanced age, comorbidities, and left ventricular dysfunction, 2 , 4 and in specialized centers there seems to be an increasing trend to treat elderly patients with percutaneous procedures. 27 , 28 This reflects the misperception that mitral valve surgery is associated with prohibitively high early mortality in this age group.
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Predictors of survival in octogenarians after mitral valve surgery for degenerative disease: The Mitral Surgery in Octogenarians study.
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