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Should heart transplantation be considered as a treatment option for patients aged 70 years and older?  Jeffrey A Morgan, MD, Ranjit John, MD, Donna M.

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1 Should heart transplantation be considered as a treatment option for patients aged 70 years and older?  Jeffrey A Morgan, MD, Ranjit John, MD, Donna M Mancini, MD, Niloo M Edwards, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 127, Issue 6, Pages (June 2004) DOI: /j.jtcvs

2 Figure 1 Long-term survival after cardiac transplantation for recipients 70 years old or older versus those younger than 70 years during past 11 years at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. There was no statistically significant difference in overall survival between groups (P = .790). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs )


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