1. Cardiac Reoperation in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older
Markus Krane, MD, Robert Bauernschmitt, MD, PhD, Andreas Hiebinger, Michael Wottke, MD, MPH, Bernhard Voss, MD, Catalin Constantin Badiu, MD, Rüdiger Lange, MD, PhD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 87, Issue 5, Pages (May 2009)
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2. Fig 1
Annual number of cardiac reoperations in octogenarians between 1994 and 2006.
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3. Fig 2
Actuarial survival of patients aged 80 years and older who underwent primary cardiac operation (dashed line) compared with octogenarians who underwent cardiac reoperation (solid line). (A) All patients of the study and control group. (B) Matched patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery or aortic valve replacement with or without coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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4. Fig 3
Results of the Short-Form 36-Item Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) of the study group (black bars) compared with the control group (white bars). *p = (BP = bodily pain; GH = general health; MH = mental health; PF = physical functioning; RE = role-emotional; RP = role-physical; SF = social functioning; VT = vitality.)
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