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Trend: Very elderly patients getting more aggressive procedures

July 18, 2008 — 11:23am ET | By Anne Zieger
Should surgeons implant a defibrillator in a 99-year-old patient's heart? This question, which might have seemed academic years ago, is becoming increasingly relevant as patients live longer and ask... Read more...