title: "We don't do that here": Reflections on the Siena experience with dissecting aneurysms of the thoracic aorta in octogenarians.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: McKneally
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D016896:Treatment Outcome