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1 Nonelective cardiac surgery in the elderly: Is it justified?
Ravi K. Ghanta, MD, Prem S. Shekar, MD, Siobhan McGurk, BS, Donna M. Rosborough, RN, MS, Sary F. Aranki, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 140, Issue 1, Pages e1 (July 2010) DOI: /j.jtcvs Copyright © Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Kaplan–Meier survival analysis.
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3 Figure 2 Postoperative quality-of-life scores compared with the US population and patients with heart disease. As assessed by the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 12.14 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , e1DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions

4 Kaplan –Meier survival analysis by procedure type
Kaplan –Meier survival analysis by procedure type. CABG, Coronary artery bypass grafting. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , e1DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions

5 Receiver operating curves of EuroSCORE and Society of Thoracic Surgeons predictive algorithms.
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