[HSF] [Fwd: MedEvents - The Man on the Table Was 97, but He Devised the S...

[Salerno, Tomas]

You all will be interested in reading the article about DeBakey's
surgery at age 98!!  And it may address your questions. Read the article
on the site below:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/lawrence_k_
altman/index.html?inline=nyt-per>



Tomas

-----Original Message-----
From: openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com
[mailto:openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com] On Behalf Of
Cysmd613 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 5:40 PM
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Subject: Re: [HSF] [Fwd: MedEvents - The Man on the Table Was 97,but He
Devised the S...

Last week I was asked to see a 96 year old woman with a 6 cm ascending,
arch 
and descending aortic aneurysm with question of a small leak.  She is  a

nursing home resident.  I told the referring and the family that she was
not a 
candidate for surgery.
 
Carmi Stadlan
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