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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not put a non-demented 86 year old through this.  [/quote

A non-demented 86yo would be able to make their own decision.

This is for the people considering heart valve surgery:

My non-demented parent had two heart valve surgeries at 92. Yes, they had some delirium in the hospital after the surgeries - but they have recovered 100% and that was a year and a half ago. At the time, I looked up the statistics on heart valve surgery on patients over 90yo and they were pretty good; if I remember correctly, they live an average of another 5 years. To me, dementia and quality of life changes everything. It was something the doctors asked us about before my mother's surgery and my mom had pretty good quality of life for an elderly person. (She does use a walker because of a previous hip fracture, but she is of sound mind, reads novels, keeps up with politics, goes out to dinner, holds daily conversations with her grandchildren, etc.) My dad has alzheimer's and I would make a different decision but this specific surgery is an option for non-demented elderly. [/quote]

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